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Richard Maison de ventes

196-2 - [Erotica] Set of 5 bound volumes in-16 or in-12:

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€50 - 80

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25%

[Erotica] Set of 5 bound volumes in-16 or in-12: 1/ FEYDEAU (Ernest). Memoirs of a Cocodette. Written by the author herself. Revised, corrected, edited, toned down, and rendered in proper French by Ernest Feydeau. Introduction by Guillaume Apollinaire. Paris, Le Livre du Bibliophile, n.d. One 16mo volume, red half-basane. Illustrated edition featuring color plates by Luc Lafnet. A collection presented in the form of fictional women’s memoirs. 2/ SINISTRARI D’AMENO (Louis-Marie). *De sodomia tractatus*. In which a new doctrine on female sodomy, distinct from tribasdism, is expounded. Latin text and French translation. Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, “Le Coffret des Bibliophiles” collection, n.d. One in-16 volume, half-shagreen, covers preserved. Composed by the Italian Franciscan Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (1622–1701). One of 500 copies on Arches paper, according to the colophon. 3-4/ [NERCIAT (André-Robert Andréa de), attributed to]. Julie, the Philosopher, or The Good Patriot. Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, “Le Coffret des Bibliophiles” collection, n.d. 2 in-16 volumes, half-chagrin with corner pieces, gilt head, upper covers preserved. One spine faded. Reprint of this late 18th-century libertine novel attributed to the Chevalier de Nerciat, accompanied by an introduction and a bibliographical essay by Guillaume Apollinaire. 5/ BLESSEBOIS (Pierre-Corneille). *Le Rut* or *La pudeur éteinte*.[Followed by:] *Le Lion d’Angélie*, followed by *Le Temple de Marsias*. Bassac, Plein Chant, 1995–1993. Pastiche half-calf, decorated spine, covers intact.

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Auction details

Sale of antique and modern books
Tuesday, December 8
02:00 PM
16, rue Régemortes
03000 Moulins, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 moulins@richardmdv.com
On Drouot for 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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