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Erotica
  1. Onan, ou le tombeau du Mont Cindre
    Marc Antoine PETIT

    Onan, ou le tombeau du Mont Cindre

    de l'imprimerie de J. B. Kindelem.|à Lyon 1809|22 x 14 cm|broché
    First edition in original blue wrappers, covers unlettered, first cover detached.
    Dr. Petit, chief surgeon at Lyon hospital, composed this poetry intended as a metaphor for the dangers of onanism. The work begins with praise for Tissot, author of works on onanism. The poem, awarded by the floral games of Toulouse, is followed by commentary and a dissertation on the scourge of masturbation. According to examples provided by the greatest physicians, one risks no less than death, and at best, like the poem's hero, melancholy, apathy, and weakness of the entire body. Onanism is presented as the primary cause of ailments afflicting youth, their fundamental cause, whether the effects be...
    €250
  2. La tentation de St. Antoine, ornée de figures et de musique [Ensemble] Le pot-pourri de Loth. Ornée de figures et de musique
    Michel-Jean SEDAINE

    La tentation de St. Antoine, ornée de figures et de musique [Ensemble] Le pot-pourri de Loth. Ornée de figures et de musique

    S. n.|s. l. 1784 (S.d.)|15 x 23.10 cm|relié
    New edition of these 2 "vaudevilles" which first appeared in London in 1781, then published by Cazin, in the characteristic reduced 18mo format. 18 figures, including 2 frontispieces by Borel, but unsigned. Text entirely engraved within borders, with tailpieces. 20 pages of music, 8 for the temptation, 12 for Loth.
    Late 19th-century binding in full glazed blonde calf applied directly over the original wrappers. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. 2 black calf title-labels, date at foot on black calf. Triple fillet border on boards. Wide decorative interior border. Paper untrimmed, with full margins.
    The engravings illustrate the song texts on the facing pages. 5 libertine...
    €800
  3. Carnet d'une invertie
    [Nicole VEDRES] Nicole AUTRAIN

    Carnet d'une invertie

    S. n. • [ Eric Loslfed]|Paris 1955|14 x 19 cm|broché
    Rare first edition of this sapphic pornographic novel written under a pseudonym and for which no deluxe copies were printed, contrary to what is announced in the justification page.
    Fine copy despite light foxing of no consequence on the first cover and on the first endpaper.



    €380
  4. Makemono de 11 scènes chinoises érotiques. Rêve de printemps
    ANONYME

    Makemono de 11 scènes chinoises érotiques. Rêve de printemps

    Chine [China] s. d. [1920]|24 x 250 cm|autre
    Scroll unrolling horizontally with a title leaf of 3 ideograms (Spring Dream) and 11 colored prints mounted on silk (actually a single print consisting of 11 scenes). When fully unrolled, the ensemble reaches 250cm. The scroll is held closed by a string, the paper is rolled around a piece of wood.
    The scroll, made of relatively thick paper is covered with fine silk on the side where the engraving is mounted. The 11 scenes consist of a single long printing on 180 cm, one can perceive by the presence of the lower margin that these 11 scenes were thus printed several times on a large sheet, which were then cut out. This type of printing required a large press. Each scene measures...
    €1,200
  5. Au temps des juges
    André COLLOT, Pierre LOUŸS

    Au temps des juges

    Aux dépens d'un amateur|Paris 1933|15.50 x 23 cm|broché sous double chemise et étui
    First edition published in a small number of copies on grand vélin d'Arches, ours unnumbered.
    Work illustrated with 12 original illustrations attributed to André Collot.
    Our copy is complete with the duplicate suite in blue of the 12 illustrations.
    Some rubbing to the slipcase.
    Handsome copy.
    €400
  6. La feuille à l'envers
    Edouard MONTAGNE

    La feuille à l'envers

    Ed. Monnier|Paris 1885|16 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition, alternately illustrated by Gorguet and Fau with initial letters and tailpieces in black, and 10 superb full-page compositions in black with colored and gilt borders. One of 30 copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe edition, No. 12 numbered and signed by Monnier. Original wrappers preserved under an orange tissue sheet (rarely present).
    Contemporary full bordeaux morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and blind and gilt fillets. Wide decorative border frame on boards. Interior frieze. Raw silk endpapers. Light rubbing at head and to 2 corners.
    Handsome copy, uncut, full-margined, with fresh paper.
    Collection of 10 ribald tales, some...
    €600
  8. Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Trois de trèfle
    ANONYME

    Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Trois de trèfleSecret erotic playing cards - Three of Clubs

    s. l. • [France] s. d. [circa 1860]|5.50 x 8.60 cm|une carte à jouer
    Secret erotic playing cards - Three of Clubs
    [France] s.d(circa 1860), 5.5 x 8.6 cm, one playing card
    Secret erotic playing card, unknown manufacturer, produced in France around the 1860s. Lithograph coloured by stencil, white verso.
    In the light, the transparent card reveals an erotic scene: a chimney sweep in a hat and clogs, hard like a stag, assaults a lady sitting on a chair, dressed hitched up, who tries to withstand him.
    A curiosity!
    €120
  9. L'heureuse infidélité, ou mémoires du Chevalier de Raucourt
    RAUCOURT

    L'heureuse infidélité, ou mémoires du Chevalier de Raucourt

    Chez S. Fauche|à Neuchâtel 1782|11 x 16.20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary half blonde sheep with corners. Smooth spine decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title label. Lower joint cracked at foot. Restorations at head and foot. 3 wormholes on upper cover.
    Libertine novel marking a turning point in the writing of this type of novel, the hero is no longer a nobleman possessing all the attributes of fortune and good birth, but an impoverished noble, forced to find a profession to provide for his needs. This social change illustrates the shift in the readership of the libertine novel evolving towards the bourgeoisie. The work is described in the "Bibliographie du genre romanesque français" (A. Martin). A younger son is sent to...
    €400
  10. Cartes à jouer érotiques à secret - Carré d'as
    ANONYME

    Cartes à jouer érotiques à secret - Carré d'asDisguised erotic playing cards - Four aces

    s. l. • [France] s. d. [circa 1860]|5.50 x 8.60 cm|4 cartes à jouer
    Disguised erotic playing cards – Four aces
    [France ca 1860] | 5.5 x 8.6 cm | 4 playing cards
    Disguised erotic playing cards, maker unknown, produced in France circa 1860. Lithographs colored with stencil, versos blank.
    In the light, the transparent cards reveal humorous erotic scenes:
    - Ace of Spades: an intellectual, with a beard and glasses, sharpens the tip of his virile member on a grindstone driven by a young, naked woman while another, at the same stone, brandishes a pair of scissors.
    - Ace of Hearts: a clothed man flees, straddling his monstrous member, before two laughing, exhibitionist and flatulist young ladies.
    - Ace of Diamonds: a good nun, dressed...
    €800
  11. Lettres d'amour de Don Juan - L'amant de mille vierges
    ANONYME

    Lettres d'amour de Don Juan - L'amant de mille vierges

    Antony Balpe|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|8.20 x 12.50 cm|cousu
    First edition of this comic and risqué pamphlet illustrated with one plate and a small tailpiece.
    Pink cover illustrated with a reproduction of the Abduction of Psyche.
    Amusing anonymous publication compiling the alleged letters from Don Juan to his mistresses.
    €150
  12. Thérèse qui rit quand elle a de la braise
    ANONYME

    Thérèse qui rit quand elle a de la braise

    Antony Balpe|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|8.50 x 13 cm|cousu
    First edition of this illustrated pamphlet with three drawings including one plate.
    Illustrated pink cover.
    €180
  13. Contes et nouvelles en vers
    Jean de LA FONTAINE

    Contes et nouvelles en vers

    Chez Henry Desbordes|à Amsterdam 1695|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié

    Substantially revised reissue of the first illustrated edition of the Contes et nouvelles en vers, published ten years earlier, in 1685, by the same Henry Desbordes. Two parts bound in one 12mo volume: (16) 236 pp. (2); (8) 216 pp. (2).

     

    The illustration comprises two frontispieces and 58 half-page vignettes after Romeyn de Hooghe. Yet this apparent continuity with the 1685 edition conceals a thorough reworking. The earlier copperplates were not simply reused: the compositions were re-engraved in reverse. The frontispiece to the first volume thus reproduces the 1685 design in mirror image, now...

    €2,500
  14. De amoribus Pancharitis et Zoroae, poema eroticon seu Umbratica lucubratio De cultu veneris
    Philippe PETIT-RADEL

    De amoribus Pancharitis et Zoroae, poema eroticon seu Umbratica lucubratio De cultu veneris

    Apud Molini|Parisiis [Paris] 1798 (An VI)|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. An allegorical frontispiece signed Clément. Printed on laid paper.
    Contemporary binding in full glazed long-grain red morocco in the sober manner of Bozérian. Smooth spine decorated with 7 fillets, gilt title and date. Double blind fillet border on boards with small angular tools. Roll on edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Superb copy, very fine, with particularly fresh paper.
    F. M. Caye bookplate.
    Surgeon and man of letters, Petit-Radel is responsible for several books on eroticism, notably Érotopsie, ou coup d'œil sur la poésie érotique. A publisher's preface introduces the author. Latin poetry inspired by Latin authors, of a gentle and sentimental...
    €500
  15. Chansons galantes
    ROJAN [Fedor ROJANKOVSKY] Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER

    Chansons galantes

    Editions de La Belle Etoile|Paris 1937|19 x 24 cm|broché
    Illustrated edition with 16 original watercolors by Rojan, one of 1500 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, the only issue after 16 Holland.
    Spine very slightly faded without gravity, handsome copy.



    €120
  16. La passe imaginaire
    Grisélidis RÉAL

    La passe imaginaire

    Editions Manya|Levallois-Perret 1992|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
    Nice copy.
    Rare autograph dedication signed Grisélidis Réal: "For Marie Chatelain, in memory of a friend I loved as a sister, Cécile Buhler, so artist, so alive and so beautiful, always present in our hearts Grisiledis Real."
    €300
  17. Recueil de pieces galantes, en prose et en vers de Madame la Comtesse de la Suze, et de Monsieur Pelisson
    Henriette de Coligny Comtesse de la SUZE, Paul PELLISSON-FONTANIER

    Recueil de pieces galantes, en prose et en vers de Madame la Comtesse de la Suze, et de Monsieur Pelisson

    Par La Compagnie|à Trévoux 1748|10 x 16.60 cm|5 volumes reliés
    New edition, considerably expanded with several volumes. These 5 volumes gather the poetry in verse and prose of the Countess of Suze and Pellisson, but also numerous pieces falsely attributed to them, such as those by Régnier des Marais, pieces by Mademoiselle de Scudery, the journey by Bachaumont and La Chappelle, the poetry of the Chevalier d'Aceilly, Les Visionnaires, pieces by Jean Desmarets, but also La princesse de Montpensier by the princess of Clèves, declared anonymous, letters, several short novels.
    Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 sun ornaments with scattered stars. Red morocco title label. Blonde calf volume label. Decorative...
    €1,200
  19. Traité des Hermaphrodits parties génitales, accouchemens des femmes etc, où sont expliquez la figure des laboureur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, défloration, conception & la belle industrie dont use Nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique
    Jacques DUVAL

    Traité des Hermaphrodits parties génitales, accouchemens des femmes etc, où sont expliquez la figure des laboureur & verger du genre humain, signes de pucelage, défloration, conception & la belle industrie dont use Nature en la promotion du concept & plante prolifique

    Isidore Liseux|Paris 1880|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    New edition printed in 400 numbered copies on laid paper, the very rare first edition of 1612 was condemned and seized by a Parliamentary decree in April of the same year.
    Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dotting and double gilt compartments richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, gilt date at foot, traces of rubbing on headcaps and some bands, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt.
    Rare work illustrated with 4 in-text figures.







    €200
  20. Manuscrit érotique tibétain
    ANONYME

    Manuscrit érotique tibétain

    1900|7.80 x 19 cm|autre

    Erotic manuscript consisting of two beveled wooden boards with two paintings and 10 leaves with a painting on the recto and a handwritten Tibetan text on the recto. The text is the same on the 10 leaves, it is a mantra. On two of the leaves it is almost completely erased. On the recto of the two wooden boards there are also two different handwritten mantras. The paintings are executed directly on the wood and the leaves. The dimensions of the paintings vary somewhat, from 5.5 cm, 6 cm to 12, 14 cm in width.
    This form, 2 pieces of wood with leaves in the middle, is traditional. The whole was often attached by a string, or by holes in the wood through which a string was passed. Very good...

    €750
  21. La belle allemande, ou les galanteries de Thérese
    [Claude VILLARET]

    La belle allemande, ou les galanteries de Thérese

    Chez F. B. Strinck|à Strasbourg 1776|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    New edition, after the first published in 1774. An unsigned allegorical frontispiece.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding, marbled. Smooth spine decorated with 4 compartmented fleurons. Garnet morocco title label. Triple fillet frame on boards. Handsome copy.
    Autobiography of a courtesan. The first edition bore the subtitle "Like mother, like daughter". The story begins with that of a mother addicted to pleasures and collecting lovers, who will take her daughter to Paris to become a courtesan. The latter will take pleasure in her state, experiencing with delight the power that her beauty gives her. Claude de Villaret, before becoming a historian, published several licentious...
    €500
  22. Les confidences libertines
    Lucie PAUL-MARGUERITTE, Marcel FRANCOIS

    Les confidences libertines

    L'Edition|Paris 1922|14 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 Japan copies.
    Work illustrated with Art Deco vignettes in colors, within the text and hors-texte, by Marcel François.
    Handsome copy despite minor sunning and tears at head and foot of spine.
    €150
  23. Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des biens, vie et honneur de Calianthe
    Guillaume REBOUL

    Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des biens, vie et honneur de Calianthe[The First Act of the Nocturnal Synod of Tribades, Lemanes, Unelmanes, and Propetides, to the Ruin of the Property, Life, and Honour of Calianthe]

    Jules Gay|Paris 1862|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
    New edition collated against the unique copy in the Imperial Library in Paris, one of 100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only edition after 2 copies on vellum.
    Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine with gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, blue sheep title label with marginal lack, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted at head of pastedown, original wrappers preserved, binding signed in blind by Petit.
    Rare and fine copy.
    Provenance: from the library of Paul Arnauldet, bibliophile and friend of Charles Baudelaire, with his bookplate pasted on pastedown: "Nunquam amicorum" (not even to friends).

    €300
  24. Quelques amours de monsieur Nicolas
    Maurice de BECQUE, Nicolas-Edme RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

    Quelques amours de monsieur Nicolas

    A l'enseigne de la lampe d'or|Paris 1924|19.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with 30 etchings and original initials by Maurice de Becque, one of 10 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper containing a duplicate suite signed by Maurice de Becque.
    Two slight tears at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.



    €800
  25. Quelque chose de très doux
    Colette DEBLÉ

    Quelque chose de très doux

    P.O.L.|Paris 1990|12 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph signed Colette Deblé colored pencils to Huguette and Marc (Le Bot) enriched with an original drawing of two balloons ready to fly and surrounding the names of the dedicatees.
    €80
  26. Les cendres d'Eros
    Christian DEGAINE, Marc LE BOT

    Les cendres d'Eros

    Pierre Chaive|s. l. 1993|18 x 23 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition illustrated with 120 erotic Chinese ink drawings by Christian Degaine, one of 102 numbered copies on Centaure ivory paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Our copy unfortunately lacks the original drawing under glass that accompanies all copies of the deluxe edition.
    €150
  27. La montée aux Enfers
    Maurice MAGRE, Édouard CHIMOT

    La montée aux Enfers[The Descent into Hell]

    Le livre du bibliophile|Paris 1920|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 70 copies on Hollande Van Gelder initialed by the author and artist and containing two states of the etchings.
    Work illustrated with twelve original color etchings by the artist and twenty-three pencil drawings printed typographically by Edouard Chimot.
    Full red and dark brown morocco binding, smooth spine depicting an infernal landscape inlaid with light brown, grey and dark blue morocco, boards illustrated with bronze flame motifs intertwining in inlay, bronze and gilt fillets emphasizing the separation between the red and brown morocco, gilt zigzag fillet at foot of first board, pastedowns framed with red and dark brown morocco, gilt and...
    €2,000
  28. L'amant légitime ou la bourgeoise libertine
    GEORGES-ANQUETIL, Jane de MAGNY

    L'amant légitime ou la bourgeoise libertine

    Les Editions Georges-Anquetil|Paris 1923|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition containing 16 illustrations, one of one hundred and fifty copies on laid paper signed by the author.
    Retaining its deckled edges.
    Spine lightly sunned, boards marginally faded, marginal tears and stains.
    Handsome copy as issued.
    €200
  29. Stanze di cultura sopra gli horti de le donne, stampate nuovamente. Et historiate [avec] Stanze in lode della menta
    Luigi TANSILLO

    Stanze di cultura sopra gli horti de le donne, stampate nuovamente. Et historiate [avec] Stanze in lode della mentaStanze di cultura sopra gli horti de le donne, newly printed and illustrated [with] Stanze in praise of mint

    s. l. • [Venise] [Venice] 1537|14.60 x 9.20 cm|2 textes reliés en 1 volume

    Rare edition of this bawdy tale, complete in two parts published separately. It is illustrated with four wood-engraved vignettes, borrowed from Decameron of Boccace (Venice, 1531) and ingeniously twisted to suit their context. This edition is the first text of the author and is unique in that it has not been corrected. The book will be translated in French only in 1792.
    Modern binding in full red morocco, the spine in five compartments, gilt date and title, golden fillets surround the cover, the endpaper and pastedown of vellum.
    Provenance: Library of Gianni de Marco with its book plate and itsseal.
    No copies in an American Library, one in the British...

    €9,000
  30. Les stupra
    Arthur RIMBAUD

    Les stupra

    Imprimerie particulière • [ Albert Messein]|Paris 1871 (1923)|16.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Edition largely original, one of 150 numbered copies on vergé, the only printing with 25 Japon.
    Bradel binding in half morocco, covers preserved.
    Ex-libris pasted on a pastedown.
    Endpapers very slightly with small stains, otherwise very rare and nice copy.
    €2,000
  31. La légende des sexes. Pöemes hystériques
    [Edmond HARAUCOURT as] LE SIRE DE CHAMBLEY

    La légende des sexes. Pöemes hystériques[The Legend of the Sexes. Hysterical Poems]

    Imprimé spécialement pour l'auteur|Bruxelles [Brussels] 15 Avril 1883|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First Edition printed, in two parts, on laid to 200 copies numbered and initialed by the author, ours a copy of the second tranche, only draw after 12 Japan.
    Binding half morocco old rose corners, back with five nerves, golden tail date, piece of red morocco title, marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers (with angular restorations) preserved, corners slightly blunted, gilded head, binding signed Bernasconi.
    The work is also embellished with an engraved portrait of Edmond Haraucourt pasted on a guard.
    Nice and rare copy.
    Precious autograph signed by Edmond Haraucourt: "A Félicien Champsaur in memory of the shaggy that...
    €1,500
  32. Thérèse et Isabelle
    Violette LEDUC

    Thérèse et Isabelle

    S. n. • [ Jacques Guérin]|s. l. 1955|22 x 27.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacet
    first edition entirely out of trade and printed with 25 numbered copies.
    Signed autograph signed by Violette Leduc: "... in remembrance of Italy and Spain too." With my friendship, January 24, 1956. Violette Leduc, the name of the dedicatee was cleanly scratched.
    Our copy is enriched with an engraved portrait of Violette Leduc embellished with a handwritten precision of Jacques Guérin.
    Very rare work consisting of the facsimile of the autograph manuscript and presented under a shirt in floral and lace-patterned wallpaper, title tag sticking on the first flat.
    Pleasant copy.
    €6,000
  33. La destinée d'une jolie femme, poème érotique en six chants par J.-B... de M...
    J. B. de MURAT

    La destinée d'une jolie femme, poème érotique en six chants par J.-B... de M...

    Mongie|Paris An XI (1803)|14 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition published anonymously.
    Half wine-colored shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded and lightened with five raised bands, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped, top edge red.
    Work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.
    Gift inscription in pen serving as bookplate on the title page.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €800
  35. Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins
    Émile HENRIOT, Jules Léon PERRICHON

    Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins

    Le livre|Paris 1925|16 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes engraved on wood by Jules Léon Perrichon.
    Two slight tears and a small stain of no consequence to spine.
    €50
  36. Quinze ans
    [Pierre MAC ORLAN as] Sadie BLAKEYES

    Quinze ans

    Collection des Orties Blanches|Paris 1978|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    New edition illustrated by J. Malteste.
    Spine very slightly discolored, otherwise handsome copy.
    €40
  37. Diane au bois. Comédie héroïque en 2 actes en vers
    Maurice ELIOT, Théodore de BANVILLE

    Diane au bois. Comédie héroïque en 2 actes en vers

    L. Carteret|Paris 1911|21.50 x 30 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Maurice Eliot and printed in 200 numbered copies on vellum.
    Our copy contains a triple state of lithographs.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  38. La culotte, chanson érotique, sur différens sujets, et singulièrement sur la Révolution françoise, par le sieur Bélier, Sergent de la garde-Nationale de Versailles
    Sergent BELIER

    La culotte, chanson érotique, sur différens sujets, et singulièrement sur la Révolution françoise, par le sieur Bélier, Sergent de la garde-Nationale de Versailles

    Chez Girardin|à Paris 1790|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, decorated with an aquatint frontispiece signed J. B. Huet and dated 1790. The work itself is undated; the date we have given comes from the frontispiece.
    Bound in red half-cloth from the late 19th century. Gilt title. Rubbing to headcaps, corners and edges.
    Satirical and humorous song composed of 8-verse stanzas drawing for the first part from Greco-Latin mythology and subsequently from the French Revolution, with stanzas about the French Guards, the high Clergy, the fugitives, Versailles... Each verse concluding with a humorous note involving the famous breeches.

    €350
  39. L'amour vénal
    Francis CARCO

    L'amour vénal

    Le Divan|Paris 1926|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1500 copies on vélin de Rives paper teinté rose.
    Spine warped, otherwise a good copy.
    €40
  40. La vanille et la manille
    Donatien Alphonse François de SADE, Jacques HÉROLD

    La vanille et la manille

    Collection Drosera|Paris 1950|20.50 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
    Edition illustrated with 5 original etchings of Jacques Herold, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches paper, one draw after 1 Japan 3 colored paper and 15 Roma Netherlands.
    Handwritten signature of Jacques Herold to the justification of the draw.
    Some slight marginal minor bites on some sheets, first guard partially shaded.
    €680
  42. Manuel d'érotologie classique
    Friedrich-Karl FORBERG

    Manuel d'érotologie classique

    René Bonnel|Paris 1933|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    Edition printed in 500 numbered copies on laid paper and strictly hors commerce as it was reserved for subscribers.
    Complete text translated from Latin by Alcide Bonneau.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  43. Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins
    Émile HENRIOT, Jules Léon PERRICHON

    Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins

    Le livre|Paris 1925|16 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Signed autograph inscription from Emile Henriot to Jérome and Jean Tharaud.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes engraved on wood by Jules Léon Perrichon.
    Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, two minor tears of no consequence to the spine.
    €120
  44. Eros modern'style
    Patrick WALDBERG

    Eros modern'style

    Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1964|18 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's flexible sand-colored cardboard binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
    Iconography.
    €50
  45. Sade ou le Royaume de l'Unique [Quelques remarques sur Sade] - Manuscrit autographe complet
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    Sade ou le Royaume de l'Unique [Quelques remarques sur Sade] - Manuscrit autographe complet[Sade, or the Kingdom of the Unique [A Few Remarks on Sade] – Complete autograph manuscript]

    S. n.|s. l. S.d (1946)|-|en feuilles
    Complete autograph manuscript of 12 pages on 6 octavo leaves with a title difficult to decipher, perhaps: "Sade or the Kingdoms of the Unique" and which would appear under the title "Some Remarks on Sade" in Critique no. 3-4 of August-September 1946.
    Manuscript with very dense writing, containing numerous deletions, corrections and additions.

    "It is Sade's thought that pushes Blanchot's to its fulfillment, and it is also Blanchot's that fulfills that of Sade." (Georges Bataille)
    Bataille's writing and friendship are undoubtedly not unrelated to the importance that Blanchot would attach throughout his life to this tutelary figure of his philosophical...
    €2,300
  46. Ces filles que l'on dit de joie
    René DELPÊCHE

    Ces filles que l'on dit de joie

    Compagnie parisienne d'éditions|Paris 1954|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    Original edition to 520 numbered copies printed on vellum Bellegarde.
    Bel autograph dated and signed by the author "Roger Koller, all you need to know, without anger, the old problem paths and posed, still, these girls are told of joy, ... "
    Illustrations and drawings of Serge Cézar and Jacques Leclerc.
    Complete copy of his beautiful jacket illustrated by Jacques Leclerc.
    Some minor foxing mainly affecting the guards.
    €80
  47. L'auberge du sens interdit
    Lili ROUX

    L'auberge du sens interdit

    M.A.F.|Paris 1962|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition published under pseudonym, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Traces of adhesive tape residue on endpapers, ballpoint pen annotations at head of half-title page.
    Rare.
    €80
  48. Oeuvres galantes
    Abbé Charles COTIN

    Oeuvres galantes

    Chez Etienne Loyson|à Paris 1665|8.50 x 14.80 cm|relié
    Second edition, rare, augmented with the second volume which appears in first edition and illustrated with two unsigned title-frontispieces. The first volume alone had initially appeared in 1663. Note that the most important pieces had appeared under the name "Oeuvres meslées" in 1659.
    Full wine-red morocco binding from early 20th century, elegant pastiche of a contemporary binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt title and date. Triple fillet frame on covers. Gilt edges. Spine infinitesimally and uniformly lightened. Handsome copy.
    Abbé Cotin is an essential figure of 17th-century literary salons, and Molière caricatured him as Abbé Trissotin in "Les femmes savantes". He invented...
    €900
  49. L'amour vénal
    Francis CARCO

    L'amour vénal

    Le Divan|Paris 1926|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vélin de Rives teinté rose paper.
    A tiny marginal ink spot to page 73, a good copy.
      €50
    • Seize ans
      [François NOURISSIER] France NORRIT

      Seize ans

      Les éditions de Paris|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition published under the pseudonym France Norrit, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours being one of 10 hors commerce copies.
      Rare and handsome copy of this erotic work whose authorship François Nourissier only acknowledged 8 years later.
      €250
    • Le satiricon
      Georges LEPAPE, PÉTRONE

      Le satiricon

      Emile Chamontin|Paris 1941|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
      New edition of the French translation established by Laurent Tailhade, one of the numbered copies on vellum.
      Work decorated with original pochoir illustrations by Georges Lepape.
      €80
    • Les nuits chaudes du cap français suivi d'une étude inédite de Gérard-Gailly
      Henriette BELLAIR, Hugues REBELL

      Les nuits chaudes du cap français suivi d'une étude inédite de Gérard-Gailly

      Georges Briffaut|Paris 1939|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
      Edition illustrated with 19 original lithographs hors-texte by Henriette Bellair, one of 18 numbered copies on Rives vellum, deluxe copies.
      Our copy is complete with its original signed drawing by Henriette Bellair, ours entitled "enlèvement d'Agathe et d'Antoinette".
      Unfortunately, our copy is incomplete of the three states of the illustrations as stipulated in the justification page.
      Handsome copy.

      €350
    • Julie philosophe ou le bon patriote
      Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, ANONYME

      Julie philosophe ou le bon patriote

      Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1910|9 x 15 cm|2 volumes reliés
      First edition of the introduction as well as the bibliographical essay by Guillaume Apollinaire, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, this copy not justified, the only printing after 5 copies on Japan.
      Contemporary half grey cloth Bradel bindings over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt floral motif (slightly sunned), double gilt fillets to foot, black sheep title-pieces, upper corners slightly bumped, the fragile parchment-effect covers preserved, two small snags to upper edges, top edge gilt.
      Handsome autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Apollinaire to his publisher P.V. Stock at head of endpaper of first volume.
      Paper lack to lower cover of...
      €2,300
    • Monologue de Platon
      Guy de BELLET

      Monologue de Platon

      Editions Le trèfle d'or|Paris 1971|14 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
      With illustrations by Hodges.
      €50
    • Les vits imaginaires
      André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, Claude ROGER-MARX

      Les vits imaginaires

      S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa fin des années 20]|13.50 x 16.50 cm|agrafé
      First edition, published under the pseudonym of Claudinet and illustrated with original erotic engravings by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, one of 250 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, the only printing.
      With 9 free compositions by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, consisting of 2 attractive original hors texte etchings, one title vignette heightened in red showing a bird on a phallus, one vignette on the justification leaf showing a naked woman and five culs-de-lampe with erotic motifs.
      Spine slightly faded, slight marginal traces of adhesive paper to endpapers, bookseller's catalogue label pasted to final pastedown, but otherwise a good copy.
      Rare.
      €900
    • Le Sylphe ou songe de Madame de R***. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un jeune officier a Monsieur de V... En date du 24 mars 1735
      Claude-Prosper Jolyot de CRÉBILLON

      Le Sylphe ou songe de Madame de R***. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un jeune officier a Monsieur de V... En date du 24 mars 1735

      Chez Prault & fils|à Paris 1735|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
      The Sylphe was first published in 1730, it is Crébillon's first tale. Lettre d'un jeune officier is in anonymous first edition; very rare, this first edition appears to be absent from all libraries. At the end of the letter, a signature: L.B.D.K. Rare edition.
      Modern cream parchment paper boards binding. Black sheep title-label.
      An erotic tale, the Sylphe, a spirit appearing to a woman weary of men, is the demon of masturbation.
      €350
    • Madame Isabelle
      Petrus BOREL, [en réalité Emile BOUCHERY]

      Madame Isabelle

      Sté belge de librairie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1844|10.50 x 16 cm|relié
      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...
      €150
    • Madame Isabelle
      Petrus BOREL, [en réalité Emile BOUCHERY]

      Madame Isabelle

      Sté belge de librairie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1844|10.50 x 16 cm|broché
      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...
      €230
    • Le martyre de la fidelite [ensemble] Le duel de Tithamante
      Jean d' INTRAS

      Le martyre de la fidelite [ensemble] Le duel de Tithamante

      Chez Robert Fouet.|à Paris 1609|9 x 15 cm|deux ouvrages en un volume relié
      Very rare second editions of these two novels by Jean D'Intras de Bazas, published respectively in 1604 and 1603. Only the Bibliothèque Nationale de France holds copies of the first editions and second editions. Absent from French catalogues and from the British Library. A vignette on the title page of "Le martyre de la fidélité" unsigned by Léonard Gautier representing two lovers tied to the pillory on a lit pyre, with numerous figures around them. Nodier's Bulletin du bibliophile and Droz's chronological repertoire of literary text editions recognize only this edition for these texts.
      Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Raised band spine decorated. Upper joint split at foot for 6cm...
      €700
    • La grisette et l'étudiant
      Henry MONNIER

      La grisette et l'étudiant

      Arcanes|Paris 1954|14 x 19 cm|broché
      New edition.
      This text is preceded by a study on the erotic theatre of the rue de la Santé.
      Handsome copy.
      €40
    • L'éducation sexuelle
      Jean MARESTAN

      L'éducation sexuelle

      J. Marestan|Marseille 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
      New edition augmented with new chapters.
      Illustrations.
      €45
    • Mimi
      Claude ARNO

      Mimi

      Les éditions de Lutèce|Paris 1929|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on Hollande paper.
      Work illustrated with 32 drawings by R.D. Danielo.
      Rare.
      €150
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