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162 - UZANNE (Octave).‎ The Bachelor’s Parishioner: Physiological …
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UZANNE (Octave).‎ The Bachelor’s Parishioner: Physiological and Moral Observations on the State of Celibacy.‎ Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (formerly Maison Quentin), 1890. One in-8 volume, full caramel calfskin, smooth spine, embossed decorative frame, gilt headband, interior lace, caramel calfskin lining with the monogram ‘EP’ embossed in the centre of the front cover, brown silk endpapers with floral decoration, slipcase (S. Viala). 12 illustrations by Albert Lynch, etched by E. Gaujean, and 9 illustrations by the same artist forming end-piece illustrations, vignettes and headbands. First edition in a limited print run of this witty treatise on celibacy. Printed in a run of 1,100 copies; this one is no. 473 on Vosges laid paper. An amusing book dealing, as the titles of the successive chapters themselves suggest, with: the physiology of the true bachelor, the womaniser, the feminist and the natural-born lover, boudoir conversations, the bachelor’s nest, girls, ladies and young ladies in a bachelor’s life, the charms and curses of love letters, trysts, tricks and subterfuges in the ‘smuggling’ of marriage, Satan’s Bible with theories of intimate pleasures, and the mirror of the eternal feminine, featuring aphorisms, fragments and reflections from a gyna-psychologist.
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About the sale Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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