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Erotic playing card with hidden image, unknown manufacturer, produced in France around 1860. Lithograph colored with pochoir, blank verso.
When held up to the light, the card reveals an erotic scene: the lady is amusing herself with a dildo.
A curiosity!
Autograph letter signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline addressed to his lawyer Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. Two pages written in blue ballpoint pen on a large sheet of white paper; number "583" in Céline's hand in red pencil at top left.
Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
This letter was very partially transcribed in L'Année Céline 2005.
Céline, after complaining extensively about the difficult living conditions in Mikkelsen's hut, thanks the latter: "Merci pour le petit Noël mon cher maître on va passer ça gentiment ! Le chauffage électrique est installé." ["Thank you for the little Christmas my dear master we'll get through this nicely! The electric heating...
Autograph letter from Louis-Ferdinand Céline addressed to his lawyer Maître Thorvald Mikkelsen. Two pages written in blue ink on a large sheet of white paper; number "569" in Céline's hand in red pencil at top left.
Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
This letter was very partially transcribed in L'Année Céline 2005.
"Our admirable Bourdemer's prescription will be followed to the letter. We're going to stuff ourselves with vitamins in such a way that we'll grow younger by 20 years, at least!" Céline had made the acquaintance of this "admirable" French doctor in Copenhagen, through his lawyer. This letter also mentions the wife of painter Gen...