[Rarebooks] FS: "Les Oraisons Amoureuses..." w/16 semi-erotic engravings

[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 crushed levant, orig. wrappers bound in. Housed in a morocco tipped slipcase. Binding signed, "A. Kulche." Spine very lightly rubbed and a bit faded, otherwise a fine copy.    $500.00

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