[curiosa Eroticism Photography] Arlaud - Twenty [20] Outdoor Nude Studies Eo

ARLAUD (Georges Louis) - SAINT POL ROUX Twenty [20] outdoor nude studies. Paris, Editions Horos, nd [1921]. Flight. in folio format (423 x 268 mm) unpaginated, in sheets, in illustrated titled folder with folded flaps. Rare first edition of this superb photographic collection. It features 19 (out of 20) delicious plates drawn in several tones; signed [Georges Louis] Arlaud in the plate. ''Before the noble flesh with which the world is honored Ah, do not lower yourselves, eyelids, over our eyes, For this august form with a brown or blonde head Arrives ingenuously from the golden hand of the gods! Tender as the dawn, moved as the star Such a pure masterpiece expresses a virtue. Its original charm presents itself without a veil, Before our sins have one day clothed it. Miracle of silt or present of mystery, Let us welcome this offering in our loyalty. Throwing away the impious scale of the modesty of the earth, Let us chastely emerald Beauty''. Bertolotti, Books of nudes, pp. 40 and 41. Portfolio showing pitting as well as an altered luster. Tears (without loss) affecting the jaws. A frayed text sheet. Plates showing small marginal alterations. Otherwise, good condition.