Rare lot of eighteen erotic plates for printing: - Ten copper plates. France, late 19th century. Subjects attributed to Achille DEVÉRIA: "La préface"; "Madame la comtesse est si bonne"; "J'aurai fait à l'instant"; "L'assurance mutuelle"; "Le fâcheux contre-tems"; "Ceci est trop fort, Monsieur"; "Choix difficile"; "Les feux de cuisine"; "La comparaison favorable"; "L'antechambre d'un grand seigneur". (The reverses are engraved with scrolls. These plates were recycled several times). Some oxidation. Variable dimensions: 19 x 26 cm (+/-) - A small copper plate in the style of Borel (plate 34). 19th century. 11 x 7 cm - A copper plate with a homosexual subject. Legended upper right "GUINESS in boti". Circa 1930. 11.5 x 13.7 cm - ANONYMOUS. A tin-plated copper plate (heavy oxidation), "Cravate de notaire". Circa 1940-50. 18 x 27 cm - ANONYMOUS. Five tin-plated copper plates with various subjects (oxidation). Various formats: 13.5 x 18 cm; 12.5 x 18.5 cm; 11.7 x 14 cm; 11.2 x 15 cm and 10 x 14 cm