[EROTICA - BOYER D'ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste de (1704-1771) - Therese philosophe, ou Mémoires pour servir A l'Histoire de D. Dirrag & de Mademoiselle Eradice. Edition correcte et corrigée. Aia: s.d. (ma ca.1750) - [LEGATO CON:] - La None Eclairee ou les delices du cloistre. Amsterdam: 1774.   A complete copy of this undated edition printed in The Hague; it's probably one of the first clandestinely editions of Boyer d'Argens' famous illustrated erotic work with 10 of the 17 plates, including frontispiece, hand-coloured at the time. "Edition publiée vers 1750. Elle est ornée de 16 gravures au burin, dont 3 dépliants, et une, allégorique, en Frontispiece" (Jean-Pierre Dutel. Bibliographie des ouvragre érotiques publiés clandestinement en francais entre 1650 et 1880, vol. III. Parigi: 2009, A1075*).   A very rare edition published shortly after the first of 1748 ca. of one of the first erotic works printed in any European language. The novel, based on a true and scandalous story, is an account of the relationship between Father Girard, a Catholic priest, and his penitent, Marie Catherine Cadière; Girard was finally tried and convicted in 1731. The attribution to Jean-Baptiste Boyer d'Argens, now widely accepted, was first made by the Marquis de Sade in volume VII of Nouvelle Justine (1797).   2 works in one volume of which the first in 2 parts, 8vo (194 x 122mm). First work with the first part with 76 pp. (A4-I4, K3 [-K4]), second part with 39 pp. (A4-E4). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, title within a woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates of which 10 in contemporary handcolouring and 3 folding, woodcut headpieces (light browning and minimal waterstaining, few occasional brunholes, few small tears). Second work with woodcut vignette on title and woodcut friezes: 172pp. (π2, A4-X4, Y2). Contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt with titles of both works, marbled endpapers and edges (some wear to joints, extremities and corners). Provenance: some pencil annotations - A. Lodetti (bookplate).

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