La Fille aux Yeux d’Or

Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, 1923.
First Thus.

31cm x 21.5cm. [vi], 84 pages, 1 original drawing, 13 black and white etchings, 13 black and white etchings with remarques, 13 colour etchings with remarques. Full purple leather, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, blind rule, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles, silk doublures, marbled endpapers, marbled papered slipcase with leather edges. Text is in French.

The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocractic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas, his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835, this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche (from a total edition of 500). This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet.

Minor discolouration to spine. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Near Fine Condition.

AU$2,000.00

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