162 - UZANNE (Octave). The Bachelor’s Parishioner: Physiological and Moral Observations on the State of Celibacy. Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (formerly Maison Quentin), 1890. One in-8 volume, full caramel calfskin, smooth spine, embossed decorative frame, gilt headband, interior lace, caramel calfskin lining with the monogram “EP” embossed in the center of the front cover, brown silk endpapers with floral decoration, slipcase (S. Viala).

UZANNE (Octave). The Bachelor’s Parishioner: Physiological and Moral Observations on the State of Celibacy. Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (formerly Maison Quentin), 1890. One in-8 volume, full caramel calfskin, smooth spine, embossed decorative frame, gilt headband, interior lace, caramel calfskin lining with the monogram “EP” embossed in the center of the front cover, brown silk endpapers with floral decoration, slipcase (S. Viala). 12 illustrations by Albert Lynch, etched by E. Gaujean, and 9 illustrations by the same artist serving as end-papers, vignettes, and headbands. Limited-edition first printing of this witty treatise on celibacy. Printed in a run of 1,100 copies; this one is No. 473 on Vosges laid paper. An entertaining book dealing, as indicated by the titles of the successive chapters, with the physiology of the true bachelor, the womanizer, the feminist, and the natural-born lover, boudoir conversations, the bachelor’s nest, girls, ladies, and young women in a bachelor’s life, the charms and curses of love letters, rendezvous, tricks and subterfuges in the smuggling of marriage, Satan’s Bible with theories of intimate pleasures, and the mirror of the eternal feminine, featuring aphorisms, fragments, and reflections from a gynopsychologist.