[CURIOSA] Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de SADE - Ernestine Au Cabinet du Livre à Paris, 1926 - Very fine edition superbly illustrated with 10 beautiful etchings by Sylvain Sauvage. Beautiful posterior binding signed Th, Roux in midnight blue ¾ band chagrin, lovely ornamental paper with floral motifs decorating the boards, Total edition of 582 copies, this one of the rare 16 numbered copies on paper from the Imperial Manufactures of Japan containing a state of the plates and a refused plate, before the letter, the definitive suite in black and a suite of engravings and a refused engraving printed in color à la poupée. This is one of the most "moderate" of Sade's short stories, corresponding perfectly to Sylvain Sauvage's illustration work. A superb copy. Provenance: Ex-Libris de A, Chailan - Vercelli (monogram Bfy)

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