ORIGINAL DRAWING BY LUC LAFNET. Johannes GROS - VISET. [Luc LAFNET]. A Romantic Courtesan, Marie Duplessis. Cabinet du livre, 1929. In-4, 315 pages, paperback. Filled cover. With an original pencil drawing by Luc Lafnet, hand-colored suite by the artist and black suite. One of 10 on Japon. Copy n°4. - BRANTOME - Paul Émile BÉCAT. La Vie des dames galantes. Éditions Athêna, 1948. 2 volumes in-8 of 239 and 230 pages in sheets, uncut. Enlarged with numerous color illustrations. - Rudolf LOTHAR, Erotische Komödien, illustrated by Franz de Bayros. Copy signed by the author (4 volumes in all).

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