Collot, André

PIRON, Alexis Ode à Priape [...]. Orné de vingt eaux-fortes originales. Paris [M. Duflou] 1927 In-8° (foliotation in pencil at bottom of ff.). Soft vellum boards with post covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, t. gilt. White laid paper slipcase with same gilt title. A very fine edition of 350 copies, one of the 24 first editions on japon impérial (no. 21) containing a state with remarks and the definitive state of the 20 etchings in the black manner attributed to André Collot, including 1 front and 6 full pages. The "Ode" itself is followed by all the other pornographic pieces by Piron, numbering 18. Ref. Kearney, P.J. - A catalog of the clandestine publications of Maurice Duflou (1885-1951). Santa Rosa, 2019, n. 31. - Carteret IV:318 ("beautiful and luxurious publication"). - Dutel 2073. - Cp. Pia 1001-1003. - Not in Nordmann, Monod.