[CURIOSA] - VERGÈS (Paulette). - Lot 159

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[CURIOSA] - VERGÈS (Paulette). - Lot 159
[CURIOSA] - VERGÈS (Paulette). Gouvernante et gouvernée. Paris : collection des orties blanches, [1936]. - In-8, 220 x 143: frontispiece, 261 pp. 15 plates, printed cover. Bradel blue grey half calf with bands, drawing of a naked woman holding a riding crop in front of a mirror on the first cover, monogram of the bookbinder and artist on the second cover, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Métivier). First edition illustrated with sixteen heliogravures in colors out of text by P. Beloti. This title is part of the "Collection des orties blanches" published by Jean Fort and exclusively devoted toomasochism . Unique copy, enriched with seven free original drawings, on which the artist has copied the passages they represent. Of different sizes, these drawings were added at the time of binding between pages 30-31, 80-81, 102-103, 114-115, 172-173 and 178-179. The seventh was pasted on page 36. Two of them are dated August 12, 1956, the second also bearing a monogram that is difficult to decipher. Later binding by Main Métivier made for his own collection, including on the first board an original drawing of his composition. Freckles on the cover. Rare foxing and traces of wetness inside. Provenance: Main Métivier, with bookplate.
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