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Année Galante, ou Etrenne à l'Amour. Contes! Enrichis de Figures et d'Ariettes. [Paris: 1773.]
4° (233 x 157mm). 41 leaves, including the illustrated title and the 12 leaves with vignettes. Engraved throughout; all the illustrations hand-coloured. (Occasional light marginal spotting, occasional small marginal dampstain.) Full navy blue straight-grained morocco by Pagnant, signed, flat spine with an all-over design and titled in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, slip case. Provenance: Giorgio Balbi (bookplate) — Martin Sacks (perhaps the Estonian sculptor, 1902-1962; bookplate).
THE FIRST EDITION of this emblematic calendar, each month of the year illustrated by an explicit vignette captioned with an erotic song or tale. A reprint was published in Brussels in 1876 which is sometimes confused with this rare first edition. In this copy the plate for March is captioned ‘Le Service intéressé’; a variant is known captioned ‘Le Taureau’. Cohen-de Ricci 34; Dutel A-80; Pia Enfer, 65; Private Case 98.
4° (233 x 157mm). 41 leaves, including the illustrated title and the 12 leaves with vignettes. Engraved throughout; all the illustrations hand-coloured. (Occasional light marginal spotting, occasional small marginal dampstain.) Full navy blue straight-grained morocco by Pagnant, signed, flat spine with an all-over design and titled in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, slip case. Provenance: Giorgio Balbi (bookplate) — Martin Sacks (perhaps the Estonian sculptor, 1902-1962; bookplate).
THE FIRST EDITION of this emblematic calendar, each month of the year illustrated by an explicit vignette captioned with an erotic song or tale. A reprint was published in Brussels in 1876 which is sometimes confused with this rare first edition. In this copy the plate for March is captioned ‘Le Service intéressé’; a variant is known captioned ‘Le Taureau’. Cohen-de Ricci 34; Dutel A-80; Pia Enfer, 65; Private Case 98.
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