EROTICA. 12 handwritten notebooks, small in-4 (one in-8), paperback or hardback (worn, defects). Curious collection of gallant and erotic songbooks written by soldiers, with a few erotic monologues and stories (Seul avec ma cousine, Prise d'un pucelage, Les Dactylographes...), and illustrated with colored pencil drawings (gallant scenes, nude women, etc.). There are also a few patriotic songs about Alsace-Lorraine. Some bear the name of the author-owner: Nicolas Gauthier (23rd infantry regiment, Autun), Roman Meunier (Pontlevoy), Corporal Pierre (class of 1900), Émile Landry (alpine hunter, class of 1907), Jean Mariette (class of 1896), H. Cantournet (barman, with the 23rd Colonial in Saintes, Rochefort and Paris), Jean Mathieu (with the 23rd in Salin, class of 1909), Pierre Bignolais (lookout post in Lorient), Adrien Preschez (with the 148th in Sedan)... Ex libris AJ.