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477 - The impromptu doctorate [...]. Textual reprint of the 1788 e…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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The impromptu doctorate [...]. Textual reprint of the 1788 edition. In-12: 74-[2] pp. ; 2 h.-t. (lightly browned, especially on false-title and last f., slight damp in inner margins of plates due to mounting, without affecting the images, which remain very fresh). - Rare clandestine edition, printed in 100 copies h.c. Ill. with 2 etchings on chine. In fine 1 f. of advertisements for the "Bibliothèque érotique". - Ref. Dutel 228 (without plates). - Cp. Pia 374-sq. - Not in Baudet. - Joint, same publisher under false address, same format: Lettres d'un Provençal à son épouse ou Critique des jolies femmes des principaux bordels et maisons auxiliaires de Paris. By M. H.....y. Paris, Palais-Royal, 1805-1867 [i.e. 1881]. Br. in muffled cover (small tear on margins, small angular wetness on back cover). Clandestine edition (rarissime orig.: 1805) decorated with erotic caps, of "this violently and deliberately obscene text" (Jean-Jacques Pauvert). Edition of 150 copies, of which 40 on laid paper, ex. not numbered on laid paper. Ref. Dutel 459. - Pia 796 (2 vols.)
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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