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Dubbj amorosi, altri dubbj e sonetti lussuriosi Paris, A presso Giacomo Girouard, [1792 or 1797]. A DELIGHTFUL COPY OF THIS EROTICA ON BLUE PAPER, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY LEMON MOROCCO. COPY OF COUNT PAUL-EUGÈNE DE LANJUINAIS Small in-12 (127 x 81 mm). Text in Italian COLLATION : A-F6 [G]4 : 78 pp. and (1) f. CONTENTS : A1r : title, A2r : dedication, A3r : false title, A3v : preface in verse, A4r : text, [G4r] : justification PRINTING: "ne sono stati stampati 50 esemplari in carta detta vellin", THIS ONE ON BLUE PAPER (Brunet quotes only one copy on blue paper, see below) BINDING OF THE PERIOD. Lemon morocco, gilt decoration, frieze with roulette in frame, long spine decorated with vertical titling, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Paul Eugène, 2nd Count Lanjuinais (1799-1872; bookplate with the motto "Dieu et ses lois") Slight stains on the morocco Paul Eugène Lanjuinais (1799-1872), eldest son of Jean-Denis, Count Lanjuinais (1753-1827), was a Peer of France (1827-1848), a knight (1831) and then an officer (1846) of the Legion of Honor. He received the July Cross and was appointed General Councillor of Seine-et-Marne from 1833. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, I, 406: "50 copies on vellum paper and at least one copy on blue paper", perhaps this one -- Gay, II, col. 46 -- see also Pia, col. 390-391 for the 1792 edition in Rome