[CURIOSA] : 3 rare works in 1 volume in-12. - Lot 213

Lot n° 213
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[CURIOSA] : 3 rare works in 1 volume in-12. - Lot 213
[CURIOSA] : 3 rare works in 1 volume in-12. Marbled fawn calf, smooth spine with false nerves, gilt fleurons and small irons, red title page, edges spotted with red (contemporary binding). A very good copy in its contemporary binding (spines cracked, not serious). Detail: [1]. [BEAUCHAMPS, Pierre-François Godard de]. Hipparchia, gallant history, translated from Greek. Divided into three parts. With a very interesting preface and decorated with figures in intaglio, At Lampsaque (Paris), the Year of this world [1748]. In-8 of [4], XII, 160 p., 4 engraved plates off-text; title printed in red and black as well as the particular false titles for each of the two other parts. Very rare first edition, given as such by bibliographers, despite the mention of "new edition" on the title. This edition is illustrated with four etchings, three of which are free. A key of names precedes the preface. Only one copy in the CCfr but with a different collation. Cohen, 487 (1912 edition); Barbier, II, n°7258 (1823 edition); L'enfer de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 231-232; Gay, col. 631 (second edition, 1864: "Rare"); Gay-Lemmonyer, II, 48. [2]. [ANONYMOUS. Attributed to A.C. de Caylus, T.S. Gueulette or F. J. de P. Bernis]. Nocrion - Conte Allobroge, S. l. [Paris], S. n., 1747. In-8 of [6], 38 p. 1] blank page, illustrated and engraved title. First edition. Text illustrating the motif of the vagina loquens ("talking sex"), present in many works from the 13th century fabliau "Du Chevalier qui fist les cons parler" to Claude Mulot's film Le sexe qui parle (1975), not forgetting Diderot's Les bijoux indiscrets (1748). [3]. LUBERT, Marguerite de. La Princesse sensible et le prince Typhon, conte, La Haye [i. e. : Paris], S. n. , 1743. In-8 of 119 pp. Provenance: from the library of Victorien Sardou (engraved bookplate "Victorien Sardou. Bibliothèque de Marly").
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