Another late clandestine title c 1950, and another unusual one for me in that it is what I rather rudely refer to as “a book in a box”, that very French production of loose leaves in sheets, in a folder, however I must admit that the few of this type that I have dealt with are an absolute dream to scan in, and without any stress to the book as is the case with a standard bound book. This is a very lovely item and was simply too good to allow it to get away, because of the nature of the production there are rather a lot of images, and I hope you enjoy them.
Edition published around 1950 , adorned with 19 free engravings (dry tips) of Gaston Barret drawn in black, of which 10 hors-texte and 9 bandeaux. Vignettes on wood drawn in bistre at the head of each letter. The work was seized by order of the Court of Assizes of Paris of May 29, 1956. This epistolary work attributed to Mirabeau the son, author of the Erotica Biblion, is composed of 9 letters addressed to a marquise. The gallant and free tone of the text fits perfectly with the deliberately furious and erotic illustration given here by Gaston Barret.
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L’Adam lascif ou Lettre à la marquise, attribué à Mirabeau. Edition clandestine illustrée par Gaston Barret (1950). 19 pointes sèches érotiques. Tirage à 250 exemplaires. Rare. [Gabriel Honoré Riquetti, comte de MIRABEAU] L’ADAM LASCIF OU LETTRES A LA MARQUISE. Avec des figures finement gravées pour animer par l’image ces billets fort galamment troussés. Au Carquois d’Argent, s.d. [vers 1950] 1 volume in-4 (25 x 19,5 cm), en feuilles, sous couverture rempliée imprimée en gris et bleu, étui carton de l’éditeur.
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