FIFTY-ONE VINTAGE ENGRAVINGS - Lot 63

FIFTY-ONE VINTAGE ENGRAVINGS [COLLECTIVE WORK]. Fifty-one vintage engravings illustrating *L'Académie des dames* and *Histoire de Dom Bougre*. Paris, Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1994–1995. In-8, publisher’s glossy black cardboard binding, silver title on the front cover, approximately 110–120 pp., 51 black-and-white reproductions of erotic engravings as separate plates. An iconographic collection devoted to illustrating two classics of libertine literature: *L'Académie des dames* and *Histoire de Dom Bougre*. The plates reproduce early erotic compositions in the style of clandestine editions from the 18th and 19th centuries. This is indeed a modern edition and not an antique collection of original engravings. The listed copies are described as a 1994–1995 publication of the *Grand Livre du Mois*, containing 51 engravings and approximately 110 pages. Condition: interior in good condition; black cardboard binding showing numerous scratches, scuffs, and signs of wear, particularly visible on the covers.