2312 - 2379 VARIA. EROTICA, FASHION and COSTUME, JUDAICA, OCCULTISM, SPORTS, TEXTILES, THEOLOGY etc.
- Dustwr. dam./ splitting at spine and along folds.
= Magische Bibliothek, fünfter Band. Rare.
AND 1 other: R. ROBIN, Zaubereien und Kartenkunststücke (Dresden, (±1930), ills., org. wr.).
- Partly trifle/ sl. waterst. in blank margin, otherwise contents fine. Upper hinge splitting at foot of spine (±5 cm.); (sl.) rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Rare. A history of kissing in various contexts, such as amorous kissing, kissing in greeting and kisses of a religious nature.
- Spines sl. sunned.
Brusendorff, O. and Henningsen, P. The Complete History of Eroticism. Secaucus, Castle Books, 1983, 816p., num. ills., orig. boards, sm. 4to. - AND 2 others: F.M. BERTHOLET, Concubines en Courtisanes. De vrouw in de Chinese Erotische Kunst (Brussels, 2010, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and H.J. DÖPP, The Temple of Venus (New York, 2001, num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).
- Bookblock broken; one leaf loose.
Pine-A-L'Envers, L. (= L. Protat). Serrefesse. Parodistische Tragikomödie. German transl. T. Marquardt. Leipsic, "Privatdruck", 1910, 87p., tinted ills., printed in 500 numb. copies, contemp. richly gilt hmor.
= Hayn/ Gotendorff VI, p.204; Bilder-Lexikon II, p.379f.
AND 2 others, i.a. P. ISENFELS, Getanzte Harmonien (Stuttg., (1927), 3rd ed., 120 photogr. plates by P. ISENFELS, orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Bookblock loose. Spine sl. rubbed; front- and backwr. w. marginal chafed spot.
= "Suck" special issue. Very explicitly illustrated and with the following text on the final page: "Final instructions: This is not a work of fiction or of one man. Keep your eye on it's bi-unity. I am smiling now. But if you don't think my story marvellous and you should happen to meet me, kindly pass as though we don't know each other. Moral: "At the moment of coitus all men are one man!"" The concept was conceived by the photographer Anna Beeke as an anti-pornographic statement. Her second husband Anthon Beeke did the layout. Parr/ Badger III, p.84: "This charmingly liberated fairy story is gleefully hardcore - The point of the exercise, after all. The pornographic photography itself is timeless, that is to say standard and a little boring, but the factor that makes this a classic of 1970's counterculture literature and the legacy of 60s' 'flower power' - where sexual liberation was seen as the beginning of political liberation - is the inspired graphic design of Anthon Beeke. Exuberant, wacky and excessive (...)."
- Lower joint vol. 1 w. dam. spot. A good/ fine set.
= The appendix of volume 1 consists of "Ein in Originalabzügen von den Platten wiedergegebenes Photoalbum aus der Hinterlassenschaft einer durch Selbstmord geendeten Deflorationsfetischisten", the appendix of vol. 2 containing an overview of "Was jedes Ehepaar wissen soll."
- Without the "Musterbogen" and "extra Beilagen". Lacks 2 textp.; sl. foxed; owner's entry on title-p. Covers and spine worn along extremities.
= Lipperheide Zb83; Colas 82; Hiler p.19.
Frauen-Zeitung für weibliche Arbeiten, Moden und Hauswesen. Years 6-7. Stuttg., 1857-1858, 48 issues in 2 vols., IV,190; IV,190p., 36 (of 47) handcol. (2x uncol.) steelengr. plates, contemp. marbled boards almost unif. with the above (and with the same defects).
- Lacks 11 plates. = Lipperheide Zb106; Colas 1113; Hiler p.341.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine. = Lipperheide Fa 37; Colas 583; Hiler p.156.
WITH: 11 handcol. and gommé engr. exotic costume prints, ±1870. - AND an orig. drawing by A. GODENNE (20th cent.), "Gino Rossi sera demain à Bruxelles (...)".
- Loose(ning); a few scattered stamps. Backstrip partly worn off.
= "Bij niet weinigen werd de wensch levendig zich aan het verpligtend gezag van vreemde Modewetten te ontslaan (...) De ondergeteekenden, hiertoe, te zamen overeengekomen, rekenen het zich tot een aangenamen pligt, derzelver vrouwelijke Landgenooten met haare oogmerken en bedoelingen eenigzins nader bekend te maken, als ook met de middelen, welke ter bereiking van dezelve, zullen worden in het werk gesteld." (foreword no.1). Not in the usual reference works.
- Occas. (sl.) (water)stained/ soiled; 1 vol. lacks title-p.; 1 vol. w. (children's) pencil scratches (affecting a few plates); 1 plate loose. Bindings (sl.) worn; spine-ends and 2 corners dam.
Journal [des dames et] des demoiselles. Years 1848, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857-1858, 1879-1880. Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe & Compagnie, 1848-1880, 7 vols., 104 (fold./ double-p.) (handcol.) steelengr. plates, contemp. not unif. giltlettered hmor./ hcalf/ hcl., large 4to.
- Occas. (sl.) (water)stained/ foxed; a few plates loose. Bindings worn/ dam.; 1 vol. lacks large portion of backstrip; 1 frontcover almost loose.
AND 1 plate vol. w. 54 handcol. steelengr. plates from i.a. Le petit messager.
- Sl. foxed (plates mostly in blank margins); 2 vols. w. a few lvs. w. tear. Bindings sl. worn/ sunned; 1x covers loose; 2x spine dam.
= Belgian edition publ. from 1845 to 1883. Colas 1569; Lipperheide Zb87.
- Yellowed. All issues but one lack prel. lvs.
= Contains the issues no. 6, 9(?), 13 and 1 unidentified issue (without frontwr.). Rare.
- Several lvs. loose/ frayed; stamp on title-p.; plates generally in good condition but occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Poor binding: boards and backstrip loose.
= Nice collection of womenswear (and some menswear) plates of one of the most succesful post-Napoleonic ladies' magazines in Paris. Colas 2216; Lipperheide Zb 32.
- Wrappers dustsoiled and stained; frontwrapper lacks lower corner; paper over spine lacking.
= Lipperheide Gb 46; Colas 2312; Hiler p.699; Beall N2 (ed. 1818). Plates engraved after designs of J. Perkois and J.H. Prins, depicting tavern scenes, beggars, costumes and professions, such as male and female fish sellers, a wigmaker and a Jewish pedlar. A rare Dutch variant of a "Cries" book, meant as an exercise book for young artists.
AND 1 other by H. THULSTRUP, Afbildningar af Nordiska Drägter (Stockholm, n.d. (±1895), 14 chromolithogr. plates, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. w. chromolithogr. plate mounted on frontcover, obl. folio).
= All-Union Fur Association "Soyuzpushnina" was established in 1931 with auctions for the fur-export market being held twice a year. Soyuzpushnina soon became a serious competitor for the British and German fur markets, despite press campaigns in these countries calling for a boycot.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper.
= Splendid collection of costumes, historical and contemporary (±1880) of various regions in the world, but mostly Europe and Asia.
Iris. Pariser & Wiener Damenmoden-Zeitung. Year XI, no. 2-28. Graz, Ed. Ludewig, 1859, 27 parts (of 48) in 1 vol., 15 (of ±27) handcol. lithogr. plates, 1 (uncol.) double-p. plate, modern cl., 4to.
- Incomplete and lacks num. plates. Partly (water)dam./ stained; one leaf loosely inserted; most plates sl. fingersoiled at lower outer corner; one plate w. sm. tear and one w. stains.
WITH an incomplete copy of E. MAASKAMP (publ.), Afbeeldingen van de kleedingen, zeden en gewoonten in Holland met den aanvang der negentiende eeuw (Amst., 1811(?), 3 vols., handcol. stipple-engr. frontisp. and 12 (of 20) handcol. plates, orig. marbled publ. boards, 4to. Contents loose and partly foxed but plates in good condition).
- Partly loose(ning); sl. worn. Wrappers sl. stained and soiled.
= P.J. Kers started out as a popular radio chef in the late 1920s. Very rare.
- Occas. sl. foxed. A few sl. rubbed spots along extremities. Good/ fine copy.
= Bibliothèque de l'enseignement antialcoolique, Collection Picard. Rare, anti-alcohol novel. "Le roman présente ainsi au jeune lecteur un mode d'emploi pour l'ascension sociale par le travail et la sobriété." (Piarotas/ Charreton, Le populaire à table, p.73).