Priape, Opera En Musique 1694 Piece Attribuee A Blessebois, Reimprimee Textuellement, Avec Fac Simile Des Vignettes Et Une Notice

Paris: Jules Gay, 1868. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. The Notice is by Paul Lacroix (who went by the name Pierre Dufour, author of a magisterial work on prostitution). Reprinted for Jules Gay for the series: Gayetes Francoises. "L'Attribution a Corneille Blessedbois est de fantasie," from Barbier's Dict. des ouvrages anonymes, Geneve, Impression Special Faite Pour La Bibliomaniac Society. Tirage a Cent Exemplaires Numerotes dont 4 Exemplaires sur chine set 2 sur velin. Exemplaire No. 68. viii + 55 pp. Numerous black and white head and tail pieces. Half leather and with marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. The front free end paper is ink-stamped Dupre (is that a binder?) at upper left corner. Fine in a lovely, understated binding. From the personal library of Gershon Legman 1954, and who has also here written in pencil: Rose 535. Gay lit. 1875, p. 31 (Geneve: Gay & fils). Notice by Paul Lacroix. Tri-color silk-linen ribbon bookmark still attached. The O.C.L.C. locates only two holdings in the U.K., and three in the U.S. None currently available on-line.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.