Thirteen assorted titles, mainly French, and mainly of an er...

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Thirteen assorted titles, mainly French, and mainly of an erotic nature, including André Collot (ill.): 'Ballades de François Villon.', ed. Paul Cotinaud, 1932, limited edition, No. 53 of 300 copies, colour illustrations by André Collot printed by the Vauchez brothers in the illuminated style throughout, 28 leaves, original printed wraps; Roland Gagey: 'L'Enfer des Beaux-Arts', Paris, 1960, limited edition, No. 165 of 300 copies, 2 volumes, volume one 101pp with in text illustrations, volume two containing 132 b/w plates of erotic artwork from the C19th and C20th including Aubrey Beardsley and many others, 4to, loose gatherings/plates in original card folders as issued, slipcase (very worn a/f); Maurice Pouzet (ill.); René Boylesve: 'La Leçon d'Amour dans un parc', Paris, Editions du Panthéon, 1949, No. 698 of 2800 copies, 10 colour ilustrations by Maurice Pouzet complete, original pictorial wraps; Andréa de Nerciat: 'Le diable au corps. Oeuvre posthume du très recommandable Docteur Cazzoné.', Alencon, 1930, volume 2 (of 3 volumes) only, 12 erotic etched illustrations in text complete, 193pp, a few leaves towards end brittle with marginal losses not affecting text/illustrations; Vivant Denon & Pierre Noël: 'Point de Lendemain, suivi de Les Filles femmes et les Femmes filles ou Le monde changé', Paris, Le Livre du Bibliophile, [1957], 12 plates complete, 194pp, orig. printed wraps; Gustav Flaubert: 'Salammbo', London, Mandrake Press, 1930, limited edition, one of 500 copies printed for sale overseas, out of series, colour plates + colour and b/w ills. in text by Haydn Mackey complete, 4to, orig. cloth gilt; plus 6 others comprising Machiavelli 'Erotica', 1924, Francois Villon 2 assorted titles, and 3 Olympia Press Traveller's Companion Series erotica works 1950's (13)

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