CURIOSA. - Set of 2 works. - PRUSSE GALANTE... - Lot 27 - Giquello

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CURIOSA. - Set of 2 works. - PRUSSE GALANTE... - Lot 27 - Giquello
CURIOSA. - Set of 2 works. - PRUSSE GALANTE (La) or Journey of a young Frenchwoman in Berlin. Coïtopolis, Berlin and Paris, Year 1801. In-18, blue paper boards of the time. Rare erotic novel put on the index in 1825, decorated with a free copper engraved frontispiece (Gay-Lemonnyer, III, col. 882). Slight foxing. Worn binding. - GODARD D'AUCOURT]. Thémidore. The Hague, 1760. 2 parts in one volume in-12, contemporary basane. Libertine novel quoted by Gay-Lemonnyer (III, col. 1209) and Pia (col. 1419-1420) : "Rozette knew the map of my journey ; she had seen me put my finger on the place where I pretended to arrive, & had resolved to give me some distraction on the way. Without warning, she had sent for one of her good friends... Have you seen, Marquis, a painting by Coypel, in which a Nymph, lying on a bed of flowers next to Jupiter, enjoys handling her lightning? We were a copy of this masterpiece". Worn binding.
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