GOUFFÉ (Armand) & others. Panier aux ordures. S.l.n.d. [ - Lot 166

GOUFFÉ (Armand) & others. Panier aux ordures. S.l.n.d. [London, J. C. Hotten, 1865 ?]. Small in-4°, long-grained blue half-maroquin, double gilt fillet edging the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilt head (period binding). ORIGINAL autographed EDITION, produced by J. C. Hotten from a manuscript preserved in the Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, for the poet Richard MONCKTON MILNES. VERY NUMEROUS FREE VIGNETTES, INCLUDING 23 LARGE VIGNETTES; facsimile printed text in a double filleted frame. ISSUED AT 25 COPIES (according to a handwritten note). Letter on title page, dated 1932, and long handwritten poem in blue ink, in English "Advise to Young Girls", in the margin of the first page. Minor damage to binding. Gay-Lemonnyer III, 614; Kearney 1391 to 1393. Provenance: French private collection Erotica Monsieur X Expert: Cabinet REVEL