John Cleland,
Illustrated edition not for sale.
Limited to 550 copies. Exemplaire n° 111 .
Ten very daring unsigned color illustrations hors texte in the manner of Edouard CHIMOT or Paul Emile BECAT.
Translated from the English by Isidore LISEUX. Published in Brussels.
Contains two volumes: "Lettre première", 118 pages, and "Lettre deuxième", 126 pages.
Under cardboard slipcase: 14.8 × 21 cm
Used foxing but interior in good condition.
In 1910, in a preface to the "Memoirs of Fanny Hill", Guillaume Apollinaire wrote that she was "the English sweat of Manon Lescaut, but less unhappy".
"This English story which shows that 18th-century Englishmen were not afraid of libertinism" Edouard CHIMOT.
Period: 20th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Good condition
Reference (ID): 1745532
Availability: In stock
