Petrus BOREL

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, the only issue with 30 Van Zonen copies.
Spine sunned, as is generally the case.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy despite light worming to margins of some leaves.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Full hazel paper boards, smooth spine, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with an etching as frontispiece by Ulm.
Unpublished documents, life, writings, correspondence, and poetry of Pétrus Borel.
Rare and handsome copy.

Remarkable Belgian pirate edition of a collection of short stories by Emile Bouchery published in 1837 under the title Après Vèpres and under the pseudonym Froulay. In the absence of revelation of the true author, the pirate publisher arbitrarily attributed it to Pétrus Borel for commercial opportunism and in reference to Madame Putiphar. This attribution occasioned numerous bibliographical debates, the work being somewhat scandalous due to its erotic verve: "Qu'il ose tout, qu'il prenne tout, qu'il les traite en esclaves... c'était leur espoir... le cou se renverse, le sein s'emplit et se développe, les reins s'allument et se soulèvent..." ("Let him dare everything, let him take everything...

Remarkable Belgian pirate edition of a collection of short stories by Emile Bouchery published in 1837 under the title Après Vèpres and under the pseudonym Froulay. In the absence of revelation of the true author, the pirate publisher arbitrarily attributed it to Pétrus Borel for commercial opportunism and in reference to Madame Putiphar. This attribution occasioned numerous bibliographical debates, the work being somewhat scandalous due to its erotic verve: "Qu'il ose tout, qu'il prenne tout, qu'il les traite en esclaves... c'était leur espoir... le cou se renverse, le sein s'emplit et se développe, les reins s'allument et se soulèvent..." ("Let him dare everything, let...

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, the only issue with 30 Van Zonen copies.
Spine faded as usual.