Le Panier Aux Ordures Suivi De Quelques Chansons, Ejusdem Farinae

Gouffe, Armand

Edité par W. Field et Tching-Kong, Librairie Brahmique et Bouddhique, 1881

A propos de cet article

Hubba-hubba. The fictitious place of publication, "Canton" (actuallement, Bruxelles), and the fine black-and-white engraving of a young mademoiselle showing a would-be suitor (or customer, or penitent, a Catholic priest) her privates, helps to explain why this was in the private library of Gershon Legman, the noted bibliographer, folklorist, and erotophile. The laid in note (see below) suggests extraordinary association and provenance, connecting a premier, Sacramento-based fine arts books bookseller, Richard L. Press, to a giant of bibliography, erotophilia, literary-sleuthing and book-scouting, Gershon Legman. Handsomely bound in half-leather (over tips and spine, generously), marble paper over boards. Five raised bands to spine, gilt titles to spine stamped sharply. Some light wear to spine head and foot, edges, tips, else a lovely little tome. Silk linen ribbon bookmark sewn in, still attached. Decorated, marbled endpapers front and rear, no splitting to gutters. This is a scarce volume of erotic poetry. Legman's note between second and third free endpapers reads as follows: "[Bruxelles: Gay & Douce 1875] Enfer 29; BM. PC. 1769. 1st ed. as : Le Panier aux ordures, par Armand Gouffe et autres. [Paris - London: John Camden Hotten, for Lord Houghton, 1865.]. 36 f., lg 8vo. Hand-drawn facsimile by H.J. Bellars, erotic drawings by Ulm. No copy.* 2nd ed. (first typographical): [title as here,] [Libreville, a a la Society pour la propagation des livres de l'Enfer' [Bruxelles: Jules Gay], 1866. vi, 154 p. smal 8vo. (106 copies.) BM.PC. 31 g. 4; Coll. G.L. 1957 G. Legman." The asterisk from above reads, at bottom of page, "except that of Pierre Louys, coll. Bottin, Nice, in 1962]." Laid in also is a folded piece of typescript from Legman noting "SOLD to RP02/2016" (that is, Richard Press, from his widow) and then the explanation of the woodcut engraving at title page, "probably by Gilbert," "showing a priest kneeling before a woman holding up her skirts before a kitchen fireplace to show her cunt." 151 pp. Penciled notes of translation from the original French into English (mostly of titles), left in intentionally.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. N° de réf. du vendeur 345295

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Le Panier Aux Ordures Suivi De Quelques ...

Éditeur : W. Field et Tching-Kong, Librairie Brahmique et Bouddhique

Date d'édition : 1881

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Signé : Signed by Other

Edition : Reprint Edition.