557 - 595 VARIA. FASHION AND COSTUME, GASTRONOMY, JUDAICA, PHILOSOPHY, UNDERGROUND PRESS etc.
= Reproductions of explicit erotic prints/ drawings by Mario Tauzin (1909-1979), scenes from the series "Interdit aux adultes". Rare.
- Most leaves sl. foxed/ dampstained/ soiled in outer corners (worsening towards the end); fold in upper outer corner of first 10 leaves and frontwr. Wrappers rubbed/ sl. chafed and soiled; spine-ends worn.
= Very rare trade catalogue (no copy traced). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIV.
- First vol. lacks the text booklet; frontwr. sl. sunned.
ADDED: Élégance. Automne-Hiver 1963/64. Vienna, W.M.V., 1963, 20 handcol. lithogr. plates, (1)textp., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 1 other.
- Vol.5 two plates and 8 textlvs. sl. wormholed in upper inner blank margin; 1 textleaf loose; vol.10 (sl.) foxed.
= Colas 1935; Lipperheide Zb 88.
Faucon, E. (ed.). Cendrillon. Journal des petites demoiselles. Paris/ Brussels, A. Goubaud/ Bruylant-Christophe & Cie., 1865, 288p., 12 (fold.) handcol. engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.
- One fold. plate torn over 12 cm. along vertical fold; hinges weak; a few stains on final endpaper; occas. sl. (finger)soiled. Top of spine dam.; boards sl. worn.
= Plates showing i.a. children's fashion. One handcol. plate from Modes de Paris bound with. Colas 569.
- First issue 1899 lacks 2 lvs.; a few lvs. w. (repaired) tears; both vols. sl. yellowed throughout.
AND 25 handcol. lithogr. plates publ. by SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE DES JOURNAUX DE MODES PROFESSIONELS (ibid., 1900, bound in contemp. clothbacked limp boards, folio. Soiled/ thumbed/ 10 plates w. tears).
- Lacks 3 issues (no.20, 21 and 23); 1 issue (no.4) handcol. plate missing. Top of spine dam.; boardedges worn; paper on frontcover partly torn off.
= Colas 2082; Lipperheide Zb 135. Includes no.15 supplementary issue.
Journal des dames et des demoiselles. Year 1862-1863 and 1888. Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe & Compagnie, 1862-1888, 2 vols., 384; (4),53-292p., 25 (fold.) handcol. engr. plates, 18 fold. sowing patterns, num. (double-p./ full-p.) ills., without binding/ contemp. hcl., 4to/ folio.
- First vol. mediocre copy. Second vol. title-p. creased and w. large tear; 3 textlvs. sections cut out; 1 textleaf missing. Upper joint splitting; backstrip sl. dam.
= Second vol. 6 issues of La Mode-Bijou (Brussels, 1888, engr. ills., folio) bound with.
- Lacks 10 issues (1903, no.28, 29, 36 and 46; 1907, no.36 and 49; 1908, no.9, 37, 38 and 42); 1 frontwr. missing (1908, no.10); 5 frontwr./ backwr. torn; 5 txtlvs. missing.
= Colas 2126; Lipperheide Zb 79.
La Mode illustrée. Journal de la Famille. Year 46. Ibid., Firmin-Didot et Cie., 1905, IV,660p., 51 (of 53) handcol. woodengr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., unif. bound w. the preceding, folio.
- Lacks 2 issues (no.23 and 39); no.53 lacks 1 textleaf. = Colas 2082; Lipperheide Zb 135.
- Some foxing. Binding sl. stained and worn along extremities.
= Lipperheide Ad36; Colas 2153; Hiler p.626.
- All drawings trifle soiled; 2 lvs. loose.
= Charming drawings of various mid-1920's fashion designs, incl. a few 'Flapper' dresses.
AND 3 others similar.
- Frontisp. w. closed horizontal tear; partly (water)stained in lower inner margin; sl. foxed.
= Horn/ Arndt 368; Bitting p.20 (other eds.); Vicaire p.54-55 (other ed.).
Richardin, E. (ed.). L'Art du bien manger. Fins et joyeux croquis astronomiques écrits pour les Gourmets (...). Ibid., Nilsson, n.d. (1910), XII,756p., woodengr. frontisp., ills., orig. giltlettered cl.
- Contents sl. browned; a few closed tears in lower blank margin.
AND 6 others, i.a. A. ESCOFFIER, Ma cuisine (ibid., 1934, orig. cl. Hinges broken) and E. CHANCRIN and F. FAIDEAU (ed.), Larousse ménager (ibid., 1926, ills., orig. gilt blindstamped hcalf. Hinges broken; boardedges worn).
- Binding sl. worn along extremities; backcover sl. waterstained.
AND 8 others, i.a. S.K. CHENG, Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Book (London, 1936, orig. cl.); C. HERMAN SENN, How to Cook Eggs and Omelets in 300 different Ways (London/ Melbourne, ±1925, orig. cl. Owner's entry on htitle) and I. BEETON, Book of Household Management (London etc., 1912, full-p. (col.) plates, orig. gilt hcalf).
- Both vols. foxed; vol.1 partly sl. waterst. in blank corner(s). Both vols. corners (sl.) worn and spine-ends and joint sl. rubbed.
= Vicaire 289; Horn/ Arndt 422 (other ed.) and Oberlé 250 (other eds.). "Un des plus grands traités de cuisine moderne (...)." (Oberlé).
- Hinges broken but holding on cords; lacks one index leaf; a few lvs./ quires loose(ning). Binding stained/ worn; spine-ends dam.
= Cf. Vicaire p.417-418 ("Cet ouvrage culinaire est (...) un des plus complets et des plus sérieusement traités qui existent; les recettes que l'on y trouve sont fort recherchées, mais il faut avoir un budget assez important, affecté aux dépenses de table, pour pouvoir suivre les savants conseils de ce maître de l'art culinaire."); Bitting p.195-196 ("This work is considered one of the most important and the most sought, though due to the varied materials required in the recipes, more suited to large establishments than to the ordinary household"); Oberlé, Fastes 226-228; Horn/ Arndt 444; Drexel 172.
- Owner's stamp on title. = Not in the usual reference works.
- Lacks key to lid; decoration on wooden case partly worn off from lid and sl. rubbed on sides.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Two lvs. w. manuscript recipes for "Potato Salad" and "Hot Tamale" in ballpoint.
= Contains ±400 recipes collected by female members of the First Presbyterian Church of Wausau, Wisconsin, for i.a. corn batter bread, calf's head soup, codfish balls, glazed ham, deviled eggs, little pigs in blankets, lobster a la Newberg, Welsh rarebit, bird's nest jelly, sherbet (4x), cream puffs, feather cake and molasses candy. Rare, no copies traced in OCLC, Library of Congress Online Catalog or any of the usual reference works.