Lot n° 136
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[EMMANUELLE]. ARSAN Emmanuelle [Marayat and Louis-Jacques Ro - Lot 136
[EMMANUELLE]. ARSAN Emmanuelle [Marayat and Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane]. Emmanuelle. Part One: La leçon d'homme, Losfeld, 1959. Second part: L'Anti-vierge, Losfeld, 1960. 2 volumes in-8, black half-box, spines titled in palladium, slipcase lined (B. Bichon).
First edition of these two parts, which originally formed a single manuscript.
Edition not mentioned. In fact, 1,000 copies on vellum were printed by J.M. Monnerie in Viry-Chatillon.
These works were first condemned, one on May 10, 1960, the other on July 18, 1963.
The author of this text, made famous by the seventh art, is Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, husband of Marayat Bibidh (Emmanuelle Arsan).
He was a diplomat, a member of the French representation at Unesco after some time stationed in Bangkok (Dutel).
First volume:
- Telegram from Marayat (E. Arsan) to Molinier.
- Letter of December 15 signed Marayat (but written by her husband Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, as is all the correspondence).
- Draft from Molinier, who is thinking of sending Marayat a "little box with his sperm, fingernails and blood-soaked fleece" (!).
Second volume:
- Page of tiny portraits of Marayat annotated on the spine by Molinier.
- Two photomontages depicting Marayat in the nude, printed front and back by Molinier.
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