[CURIOSA]. - Lot 64

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[CURIOSA]. - Lot 64
[CURIOSA]. The New Ladies Tickler. Translated for the first time from the English by the Society of Cosmopolitan Bibliophiles. London [Brussels] : printers of the Cosmopolitan Society [A. Brancart], 1880. - In-16, dark green percaline, bold and lean fillet in border and title and date in black on first board, smooth spine, untrimmed (publisher's boards). Dutel 602*. Rare edition, published by A. Brancart around 1885 in Brussels, printed at 500 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder laid paper (n° 96). It is a translation of "The New Ladie's Tickler", a text attributed to James Campbell first published in 1866. The preface and translation are attributed to Hector France. Rare copy in its publisher's hardback. Warped boards. First and last leaves browned by the endpapers. A few scattered freckles not serious. Attached : - LE ROMAN DE MON ALCOVE. Gallant confessions of a woman of the world. At the Palais-Royal: at the late widow Girouard, very famous, 1890. - In-16, uncropped. Dutel 753*Edition published by Brancart in Amsterdam, printed on laid paper . Copy uncropped, without cover. First and last leaves soiled, with folds and tears. Some stains and foxing. Without the 8 pages of the catalogue and without the 6 engravings that are sometimes found. - LUBRICITIES. intimate and true accounts of gallant anecdotes. Extracted from the private life of contemporary celebrities. By Erosmane. Brussels, 1891. - In-16, half red basane, spine with ornate nerves, spotted edges (period binding). Dutel 480*. Edition probably published in Paris by Henriette Doucet, printed at 500 copies. Copy without the covers nor the 3 engravings announced on the title. - E. C. L. M. Les Gratte-culs. S.l., 1885. - Manuscript in-16, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed (period binding). Anonymous manuscript of 32 pages, including two erotic short stories perfectly calligraphed at the end of the 19th century, respectively entitled Un rêve and Mœurs villageoises. They each include two ink drawings, one at the head and the other, free, on a full page. The beginning of a third short story, entitled La Première fois, follows. Only the first sheet containing a drawing and the first lines of the text remains. The 5 other leaves containing the rest of the story have been removed, cut at the inner margin. Defects of use to the binding. Some scattered foxing, stain on one corner of two leaves. - BELOT (Adolphe)]. THE EDUCATION OF A HALF VIRGIN. By the Author of "La Passion de Gilbert". Paris, Brussels, 1903. - 2 volumes in-1, marbled paper boards, smooth spine, untrimmed (modern binding). Dutel 237*. New edition published in Paris by Duringe. The original was published in 1883. only the first cover of the first volume is preserved . It presents some tears and repairs.
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