LE BIJOU DE SOCIÉTÉ OU L'AMUSEMENT DES GRÂCES.

Paphos [Paris]: [no printer], L'An des Plaisirs, [1784]. 16mo., [2], 48 pages and plates, [2], 53 pages and plates; VG; bound in quarter period marbled paper, newly rebacked with new paneled spine, morocco label with gilt titling; mild rubbing and wear; marbled endpapers;

two parts bound together, with both title pages present; preface bound in rear; small hole to page 7/8, plate 90 damaged, with upper fore quarter missing; very light and scattered spotting; with 101 engravings on heavy paper; a Fictitious imprint;

Scarce in Worldcat; shelved case 3.

1350287

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $900

NOTES

This anonymous erotica imprint is illustrated with engraved plates attributed to Claude-Louis Desrais and Robert Brichet. With 101 engraved leaves containing an epigram or short tale attributed to Rousseau, Ferrand, Grecourt, Piron, etc. matching facing engraved illustrations. They depict various scandalous-for-the-time situations, some of an erotic or sexual nature, such as LGBTQ+ encounters and Christian clergy engaging in sexual acts. These pieces were already included in the the 1749 "The Joyful Legend, or the One Hundred and One Lessons from Lampsaque".;

Gay-Lemonnier I, 400. Peignot 201