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74 - [CURIOSA] - [DEBRAUX (Emile)] . The Secret Loves of M. Mayeu…
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[CURIOSA] - [DEBRAUX (Emile)] . The Secret Loves of M. Mayeux, written by himself. A very rare 19th-century illustrated edition of this famous licentious text by the author of Fanfan la Tulipe. Paris, published by Les Marchands de Nouveautés, undated [Brussels, Christiaens, c. 1872]. In-12 volume (173 x 112 mm), red morocco, spine with four raised bands underlined with blind-stamped fillets, author, title, date (1830) and a special gold-stamped tool, gilt head, covers preserved. 54 pages, 11 plates. Spine slightly discoloured. Covers faded with fragments missing from the edges. Clandestine, anonymous edition, most certainly printed in Brussels. Printed on laid paper with a watermark bearing the date 1872. The explicit erotic illustrations are unsigned. Our copy comprises 11 two-colour lithographs, paginated, out of 12 listed; the plate for page 47 is missing. Anonymous text attributed to the chanson writer Émile Debraux (1796–1831), author notably of ‘Fanfan la Tulipe’. It is a fictional autobiographical account of a character named M. Mayeux recounting his sexual adventures. M. Mayeux is a hunchbacked character from the Parisian popular culture of the 1830s, popularised by the caricaturist Traviès (1804–1859). Dutel A-76. A fine bound copy.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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