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498 - L'enfer de Joseph Prudhomme (Henry Monnier), i.
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Estimate €200 - €250
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L'enfer de Joseph Prudhomme (Henry Monnier), i.e. La grisette et l'étudiant, Deux gougnottes, dialogues embellished with an infamous figure and a damning autograph. In-12: [4]-74-[1] pp; 2 h.-t. (small angular lack on the false-title, rare small stains, a few russets on the h.-t. especially marg. on the front). - The rarest of the 3 editions attributed to Poulet-Malassis (including one with the Amsterdam address, enclosed), illustrated with an etching after Rops on chine depicting the two damsels embracing and a facsimile of the autograph, in different states according to the editions. Ours includes the 2nd state of the front and the facsimile in 10 lines (flyleaves). Title in red and black decorated with a fleuron with the head of a horned satyr turned to the left. Work condemned in May 1868. - Ref. Dutel A-332. - Cp. Vicaire 1021, BGL II:107, Pia 425, Oberlé 896 (all cite the 63 pp. ed.). - Odry 10. - Rouir 468.2. - Exsteens 708. - Joint, 2 ed. ill. front. after Rops, same format: 1. Idem. Amsterdam, à l'enseigne de l'Envers du Manteau, [Brux., Poulet-Malassis, c. 1867]. [4]-52-[1] pp; 2 h.-t. (foxing, pitting, facsimile discharge, small marg. tear without loss to one f.). Half-bradel mod. red chagrin, mute covers on boards (headpieces and corners rubbed). Ill. of the 1st state of the front. and of the facsimile in 9 lines, on chine. 1/250 (of 276 copies) on laid paper, not numbered Ref. Dutel A-331. Rouir 468.1. - Exsteens 708. Prov. Ex-libris mod. - 2 [Boileau] - L'art priapique. Parody of the first two songs of L'art poétique, by an octogenarian. Namur, À l'Enseigne de Boileau Dindonné [i.e. Brux., Lécrivain], 1864 (lightly browned, small stains). Br. with muffled cover (unclipped, spine missing). Forgery of the original ed. by Poulet-Malassis, 2nd state of the front, printed on chine and mounted on strong vellum. Ref. Dutel A-122. - Rouir 543.2. - Exsteens 686 (3 vols.)
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