[Rarebooks] FS: Nudes by Becat. 1/100. 1957

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(FRENCH GRAPHIC ART) Pillet, Roger. LES ORAISONS AMOUREUSES de Jeanne-Aurélie. Grivolin, Lyonnaise. Illustrées de Pointes Sèches Originales par Paul-Émile Bécat. (Paris?): Les Heures Claires. 1957. 4to. 166,(12)pp. Illus. with 16 semi-erotic (mostly nudes) copper engravings by Bécat, including a "Planche Inedite" at the end of the book. Edition of 100 special copies (from 650 total copies) on Rives paper, with a second suite of the 16 plates, "avec Remarques". Finely bound in full pink (yes, pink!) crushed levant, orig. wrappers bound in. Housed in a morocco tipped slipcase. Binding signed, "A. Kulche." Spine very lightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy.    $650.00 (trade discount allowed)

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