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Paris: Société d'Édition et de Publications Librairie Félix Juven., 1910.. First edition. Octavo. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards; nine raised bands to the spine with red morocco title label lettered in gilt. Original pictorial wrapper by Fabien Fabiano bound in at the front. Illustrated with 14 colour plates, 4 black and white plates, and 15 in-text illustrations by Fabiano. 286pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a few minor marks to the spine and a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents with toning due to the paper quality, the occasional faint pencil line to page margins, and some light foxing to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order. An attractive copy. An uncommon French fin-de-siècle memoire recounting the experiences of its anonymous author - "A Curious Woman" - in her romantic encounters with the opposite sex, wonderfully illustrated by the artist, illustrator, designer, and former pupil of Alphonse Mucha, Fabian Faniano… Read More