First edition

ANONYME

69 Année érotique - Deux cartes à jouer érotique à secret - 6 et 9 de trèfle

s.l. [France] s.d. (circa 1860), 5,5x8,6cm, 2 cartes à jouer.

6 and 9 of Clubs
[France c. 1860] | 5.5 x 8.6 cm
In the light, the transparent cards reveal humorous erotic scenes:
– 6 of Clubs: a lapping dog pleasures a lady stretched out with her dresses lifted up.
– 9 of Clubs: foreplay of a naked couple sitting on the edge of a bed.

380 €

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First edition

ANONYME

Cartes à jouer érotiques à secret - Carré d'as

s.l. [France] s.d. (circa 1860), 5,5x8,6cm, 4 cartes à jouer.

Disguised erotic playing cards – Four aces
[France ca 1860] | 5.5 x 8.6 cm | 4 playing cards
Disguised erotic playing cards, maker unknown, produced in France circa 1860. Lithographs colored with stencil, versos blank.
In the light, the transparent cards reveal humorous erotic [...]

800 €

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First edition

WALLACE

Essai sur la différence du nombre des hommes dans les tems anciens et modernes

S.n., à Londres 1754, Pet. in-8 (10,5x17cm), (2) ij, ij, 292pp., relié.

First french edition, translated by Joncourt.

Binding poster ca 1790 full sheepskin blonde rooted. Smooth back decorated with 5 florets. title label in black sheepskin. Friction. 2 blunt corners.

450 €

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AMYOT & Alexandre DUMAS

Daphnis et Chloé

Louys Glady, Londres 1878, 11,5x17,5cm, relié.

Printed edition of 333 copies, ours one of 25 copies on China.
Contemporary binding in full purple leather, back with five nerves - uniformly insolated and with head and tail rubbing - adorned with cold nets continuing on the boards, framed with a net to cold, and ending with floral motifs, [...]

200 €

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Adrien de MONTLUC Comte de CRAMAIL

Les jeux de l'inconnu

Chez Charles Osmont, à Rouen 1637, In-12 (10x16cm), (12) 338pp., relié.

New edition, rare, after the premiere of a rare insignia published in 1630.
Binding full marbled brown calf XVIII. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. Headdress torn off. Lack of tail. Upper joint open in tail and head. Lower joint split at the top. 3 blunt corners.

1 500 €

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First edition, Signed book

(Oscar EPFS), Lawrence DURRELL

Deux gouaches originales recto-verso signées offertes à son amante française

1968, 66x47,4cm, une feuille.

Two original double-sided gouaches signed, presented to his French lover

1968 | 66 x 47.4cm | single sheet

Original double-sided gouaches on thick paper, signed and dated 1968, bearing an autograph inscription.
Skillfull repairs.
Exceptional original [...]

1 800 €

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First edition, Signed book

Lawrence DURRELL

"Vaumort" : poème autographe signé et illustré par l'auteur à son amante française

1969, 30,4x39,5cm, une feuille.

“I knew that whenever
I want to be perfectly alone
With the memory of you, of that whole day,
It's to Vaumort that I'll be turning.”
 
Exceptional handwritten poem dated 1969, signed and illustrated with original drawings in graphite, markers and colour pencils [...]

1 700 €

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Marc MOUCLIER & Emile STRAUS, Edouard COUTURIER

L'omnibus de Corinthe véhicule illustré des idées générales : départ tous les trois mois, N°2

1897, 16x24,8cm, une feuille rempliée.

[ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
Rare édition originale du deuxième numéro de la revue artistique L'omnibus de Corinthe, l'un des exemplaires imprimés sur papier ordinaire.
Traces de pliures ayant entraîné des déchirures. 
La [...]

400 €

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