124 - [CURIOSA]. VERLAINE, Paul, and PECNARD, Jacques. *OEuvres libres*. *Erotic Trilogy and Girls*.

[CURIOSA]. VERLAINE, Paul, and PECNARD, Jacques. *OEuvres libres*. *Erotic Trilogy and Girls*. Deluxe edition illustrated with 12 voluptuous color compositions by Jacques Pecnard. Rare copy on pearlescent Japan paper (No. 11), containing a double set of lithographs on Auvergne and Rives and an original watercolor signed by the artist. Paris, Éditions de l’Odéon, 1973. Folio size, loose-leaf, filled cover adorned with the author’s name in calligraphy, half-morocco cover in teal blue, slipcase edged and illustrated in sepia. 135 pages, 12 color lithographs by Jacques Pecnard inserted as separate plates, including 3 double-page spreads. Spine of the slipcase worn; scuffing on the slipcase and the edges of the case; protective glass for the Rives series damaged. Deluxe edition of Paul Verlaine’s licentious collections (Les Amis, Filles, Women, and Men), illustrated with 12 superb original color lithographs (including 3 double-page spreads) by the painter, engraver, and illustrator Jacques Pecnard (1922–2012), printed on the presses of the Mourlot printing house. Limited edition of 296 copies; this is one of 9 numbered copies on pearlescent Japanese paper (No. 11), containing a series on Auvergne, a series on Rives, and an original signed watercolor of a separate plate designed by the artist for the stone engraving of one of the book’s illustrations. Very fine copy on pearlescent Japanese paper. Plates are crisp and perfectly preserved.