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La Lyre Francaise.
by [Erotic Fore-edge Painting] MASSON, Gustave (1819-1888)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Montreux, Switzerland
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About This Item
London & New York:: Macmillan, 1903., 1903. Small 8vo. xxviii, 459, [1] pp. Half-title, title vignette (showing the author), indexes, glossary. Original olive-green calf, raised bands, spine with five fleurs-de-lis, all edges gilt, bound by Bumpus, Oxford; rubbed. The inner dentelle shows the initials I.H. (owner's initials). With an erotic fore-edge painting, set within a styled wooden frame, an austere bedroom (the bed being about the only element), a man and a woman, both partly dressed. He is lying on the bed and propped up by two pillows, the lady, with her back facing him, straddling his loins. Painted for Harrington's, London [by their house artist], ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: I.H. [unknown].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FF2486
- Title
- La Lyre Francaise.
- Author
- [Erotic Fore-edge Painting] MASSON, Gustave (1819-1888)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan, 1903.
- Place of Publication
- London & New York:
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fore-edge Painting
Terms of Sale
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Edges
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