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604 - [MOMAS, Alphonse] 5 clandestine works signed under various pseudonyms and 1 by another author. 6 works in 5 volumes, in-12 and in-8°. 1. *Le Nismois*—*Madame’s Confessor*. A one-act play. Amsterdam, A. & Cie, 1891. Bradel half-percale, mauve. Embellished with 2 very freely rendered engravings (1 on a double plate). Ref. Pia 243. - Dutel 159. Bound with 2 works: 2. Id. - *The Initiation of Marguerite de Marvejane*. Amsterdam, [Brancart], 1891. Excerpt from “La Louve: Part 2 of Gerando.” Illustrated with an old photograph reproducing a very free-style engraving. - 3. [Mannoury d’Ectot, Marquise. Pseudonym: Gilles]—*Petit théâtre naturaliste*. *Les joyaux de la marquise*. *Partout et nulle part* [Amsterdam, Brancart], 1890. Includes an old photograph reproducing a very loose adaptation of an engraving. Ref. Pia, 674, 709. - Dutel 406, 432. - 4. Le Nismois - *Les enrôleuses*. [Amsterdam, Brancart, 1894]. Bradel binding in plain sky-blue cloth, modern. First edition. Ref. Pia 429. - Dutel 262. - 5. *Les joueuses d’amour*, by a journalist from the previous century. London and Paris, Société des bibliophiles, 1906. 2 vols., in-8° (a few pinholes). Br., printed cover from the edition. First edition of this work, which was condemned for destruction in 1914. It was announced as early as 1900 in a clandestine catalog and at the end of *Maîtresse de son fils*. Unspecified print run on Arches laid paper. Ref. Pia 697. – Dutel 422. – Perceau 201.2. Formerly owned by Ernst Lampe (ex-libris). - 6. Mme de B*** - Modern Naughty Tales. Guguste and the Gigolette. The Little Slut. The Gallant Teacher. Paphos [Paris], Imprimerie du Temple de Cythère, [c. 1902]. (Stitched). Modern Bradel vellum binding. First edition, published in 1899 or 1900 according to Dutel, around 1902 according to Pia, given the announcement of the forthcoming publication of *Mémorandum galant*, published in 1903. Ref. Pia 250. - Dutel 172.

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[MOMAS, Alphonse] 5 clandestine works signed under various pseudonyms and 1 by another author. 6 works in 5 volumes, in-12 and in-8°. 1. *Le Nismois*—*Madame’s Confessor*. A one-act play. Amsterdam, A. & Cie, 1891. Bradel half-percale, mauve. Embellished with 2 very freely rendered engravings (1 on a double plate). Ref. Pia 243. - Dutel 159. Bound with 2 works: 2. Id. - *The Initiation of Marguerite de Marvejane*. Amsterdam, [Brancart], 1891. Excerpt from “La Louve: Part 2 of Gerando.” Illustrated with an old photograph reproducing a very free-style engraving. - 3. [Mannoury d’Ectot, Marquise. Pseudonym: Gilles]—*Petit théâtre naturaliste*. *Les joyaux de la marquise*. *Partout et nulle part* [Amsterdam, Brancart], 1890. Includes an old photograph reproducing a very loose adaptation of an engraving. Ref. Pia, 674, 709. - Dutel 406, 432. - 4. Le Nismois - *Les enrôleuses*. [Amsterdam, Brancart, 1894]. Bradel binding in plain sky-blue cloth, modern. First edition. Ref. Pia 429. - Dutel 262. - 5. *Les joueuses d’amour*, by a journalist from the previous century. London and Paris, Société des bibliophiles, 1906. 2 vols., in-8° (a few pinholes). Br., printed cover from the edition. First edition of this work, which was condemned for destruction in 1914. It was announced as early as 1900 in a clandestine catalog and at the end of *Maîtresse de son fils*. Unspecified print run on Arches laid paper. Ref. Pia 697. – Dutel 422. – Perceau 201.2. Formerly owned by Ernst Lampe (ex-libris). - 6. Mme de B*** - Modern Naughty Tales. Guguste and the Gigolette. The Little Slut. The Gallant Teacher. Paphos [Paris], Imprimerie du Temple de Cythère, [c. 1902]. (Stitched). Modern Bradel vellum binding. First edition, published in 1899 or 1900 according to Dutel, around 1902 according to Pia, given the announcement of the forthcoming publication of *Mémorandum galant*, published in 1903. Ref. Pia 250. - Dutel 172.

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Old and rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
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