Dété, Eugène ; Van Maele, Martin

MICHELET, Jules La sorcière. Complete text published with a preface by Ad. Van Bever. Sixty-nine original compositions by Martin Van Maele [...]. Paris J. Chevrel (impr. E. Kapp) 1911 In-4° : [4]-xxxii-382-[4] pp. ; 15 h.-t. (2 misplaced plates: plate 38 opposite p. 176, plate 122 opposite p. 242 and without the serpente, a few small russets and slight tears). Bradel mod. half-truese, brown imitation morocco boards edged with gilt fillet and surrounded by cold fillet, gilt ribbed spine with brown title-piece, yellow t.. In matching slipcase. Fine untrimmed copy. Sought-after edition for Van Maele's "erotic-fantastic" compositions, comprising 15 etchings, including 1 frontispiece, engraved by the artist and set in captioned serpents (1 serpent missing), and 54 in-text woodcuts by Eugène Dété. Edition of 300 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only paper (no. 262). Famous text (original ed.: Paris, 1862) seized in France and placed on the Index in 1863. Ref. Carteret IV:280. - Monod 8140 - Cp. Dorbon 326. - Not in Dutel, Pia.