Théophile GAUTIER. Obscénia, Letter to the President, Erotic - Lot 162

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Théophile GAUTIER. Obscénia, Letter to the President, Erotic - Lot 162
Théophile GAUTIER. Obscénia, Letter to the President, Erotic Poetry. Edition illustrated with eight original etchings by Van Troizem and a singular music board and preceded by a warning by a bibliophile. Brussels, at the home of Poulet-Malassis' successors, 1907. Volume in-8 of xvi and 53 pages, plum semi-marocco, spine ribbed with ithyphallic satyr iron, several times repeated cover and spine preserved, gilt head, untrimmed (old binding). Edition published in Paris in 1907 by Jules Chevrel. It is illustrated with a frontispiece and seven original etchings by Martin Van Maele, decorated with a snake with the letter. This work comes from the presses of C. Renaudie, because its typography is identical to that of Sieur Louvigné du Dézert (1912). One of the 50 copies with a suite of coloured etchings in doll's colour. (Perceau 95-3, Dutel 608, not at the Hell of the BnF) Provenance: Japanese ex-libris.
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