[CURIOSA] - BÉRANGER (Pierre-Jean de). The Erotic Songs. S.l.: Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1923 [1926]. - In-8, 223 x 165 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 162 pp., (1 f.), 14 plates, printed cover. Paperback, untrimmed, cover filled. Dutel 1193*. Edition illustrated with 16 free original etchings in colour, including one on the title, one in the frontispiece and 14 out of the text. The title mentions only 14 etchings. These illustrations, very free, are not signed, attributed to a certain Virot. Edition strictly limited to 260 copies; this is one of 250 on Montgolfier vellum (n° 149). It is enriched with the publication prospectus dated 1926, and 2 letters from Béranger in facsimile. A very well preserved copy.

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