LOUYS (Pierre). Poésies érotiques. Chihuahua - Mexico, Aux D - Lot 268

LOUYS (Pierre). Poésies érotiques. Chihuahua - Mexico, Aux Dépens d'un Amateur, L'An I de la IVe République [i. e. Paris, 1946]. In-4°, red morocco, gilt fillet and mosaic pink morocco listel framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, pink tabis lining and endpapers, cover retained, slipcase (period binding). Twenty drypoints "by an unknown artist" (attributed to Louis BERTHOMMÉ-SAINT-ANDRÉ). Edition of 350 copies on pur fil de Lana, this one (lettered G), ONE OF TWENTY HEADERS containing ONE ORIGINAL pencil drawing (the one illustrating the 4th poem), the corresponding COPPER WITH REMARKS and an additional suite of illustrations with remarks. Dutel, 2231. Provenance: French private collection Erotica Monsieur X Expert: Cabinet REVEL