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LOUYS, Pierre (1870-1925). La Femme. Trente-neuf poèmes érotiques inédits. Avec seize dessins de l'auteur reproduits en fac-similé. Preface by Louis Perceau. Mytilene [but Paris]: A l'enseigne de Bilitis [Georges Briffaut], 1938.
LOUYS, Pierre (1870-1925). La Femme. Trente-neuf poèmes érotiques inédits. Avec seize dessins de l'auteur reproduits en fac-similé. Preface by Louis Perceau. Mytilene [but Paris]: A l'enseigne de Bilitis [Georges Briffaut], 1938. Quarto (285 x 228 mm). Frontispiece portrait by P.-A. Laurens, 16 lithographed plates after Louÿs, and 39 poems reproduced from Louÿs's manuscript in purple ink. Original brick red card covers, paper labels printed in black on the upper side and spine (light wear to spine label, front hinge starting); original purple cardboard slipcase (worn). [ With :] -- Three pencil drawings by Louÿs (140-355 x 215-287 mm), one of these signed, and seven gelatin silver prints by Louÿs (one 230 x 180 mm, the others 93 x 93 mm). FIRST EDITION. A UNIQUE COPY WITH THREE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHS ALL BY PIERRE LOUYS The photographs show one of his favourite models, who appears in two or more of the reproductions in this book; at least one of the original drawings is probably from the same sitting as that reproduced here. The text consists of previously unpublished erotic poems, shown here in fine facsimile of the author's manuscript. One of 260 copies, this one number 99. Dutel 1560; Pia Enfer , 460.