[Rarebooks] FS: French graphic work illus. with semi-erotic engravings by Becat

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(FRENCH GRAPHIC ART) Pillet, Roger. LES ORAISONS AMOUREUSES de 
Jeanne-Aurelie. Grivolin, Lyonnaise. Illustrees de Pointes Seches Originales par Paul-Emile 
Becat. (Paris?): Les Heures Claires. 1957. 4to. 166,(12)pp. Illus. with 16 
semi-erotic (mostly nudes) copper engravings by Becat, including a "Planche 
Inedite" at the end of the book. Edition ltd. to 650 copies, this being one of 100 
on Rives paper, with a second suite of the 16 plates, "avec Remarques". Bound 
in full pink crushed levant, orig. wrappers bound in. Housed in a morocco 
tipped slipcase. Fine copy.     $850.00 

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