LELY, GILBERT (LEONOR FINI, ILLUSTRATOR) - L'Epouse Infidele. Poemes. Deux eaux-fortes originales de Leonor Fini.
Paris: (privately printed), 1966. Erotic prose and verse by Lely, ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE GRAPHICALLY EROTIC ETCHINGS BY LEONOR FINI, EACH SIGNED IN PENCIL. From a total edition of 99 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY FOUR COPIES PRINTED ON FINE, HANDMADE GRAY FABBRIANO-ROMA LAID PAPER, WITH A SUITE OF THE TWO ETCHINGS PRINTED IN SANGUINE ON LAID PAPER MANUFACTURED DURING THE 18TH CENTURY, ALSO SIGNED IN PENCIL BY FINI. 8vo. Loose as issued in original wraps. A tiny bit of marginal foxing to the two etchings printed on 18th-century paper, else FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. In all, FOUR SIGNED EROTIC ETCHINGS BY FINI. Very rare.
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