[Pierre LOUYS] The legendary Vulva Trophy. At the expense of - Lot 218

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[Pierre LOUYS] The legendary Vulva Trophy. At the expense of - Lot 218
[Pierre LOUYS] The legendary Vulva Trophy. At the expense of a group of Parisian bibliophiles, 1948. In-8 in ff. under printed shirt. First edition of these 9 unpublished sonnets by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated with free compositions in the text. Limited edition of 300 copies, this one 1/246 on vellum (qq very light freckles). Superb erotic work admirably illustrated by Fernand Hertenberger with 18 very free compositions harmoniously arranged in the text. These illustrations represent in the etchings the sexual impulses of Wagner's heroines in a very free and expressive style. The "Justification" is printed in the form of a Lettrist phallus. Pierre Louÿs composed these nine most obscene sonnets in homage to Wagner's heroines during a stay in Bayreuth in 1891 ( Pia, The Books of Hell, 1453
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