Madame Isabelle

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, let him treat them as slaves... that was their hope... the neck arches back, the breast fills and swells, the loins ignite and rise...") Quérard "Supercheries", II, 105.
The work is composed of three short stories entitled Madame Isabelle, A quoi servent les oncles and Du Célibat ecclésiastique.
Some minor foxing without consequence, a very faint dampstain affecting the very last pages.
Rare.