First Edition. Les 120 Journees de Sodome ou LEcole du Libertinage
by De Sade, Marquis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, 1904. First Edition. (Paris: Club des Bibliophiles 1904). This is the extremely rare first edition of the masterpiece of the infamous libertine the Marquis de Sade. The original wrappers bound-in. Contemporary pink buckram (with some light damp-staining). # 106 of a Limited Edition of only 200 copies. De Sade's tale has been called: "the most impure tale that has ever been written since the world exists." Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Russell (1740-1814) wrote his 120 Journees de Sodome in 1785 while imprisoned in the Bastille. The manuscript was assumed lost during the storming of the Bastille in 1789, but it was subsequently found hidden and fully preserved in de Sade's cell in the Bastille. At the end of the nineteenth century the manuscript was acquired by Sade's first biographer, a German psychiatrist named Iwan Bloch, who had it privately printed in this edition in 1904. The original manuscript is preserved at the Bodmer Library in Geneva. Rare.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490715656
- Title
- First Edition. Les 120 Journees de Sodome ou LEcole du Libertinage
- Author
- De Sade, Marquis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...