Libertine poetry of 19th-century French masters

Description

A rare anthology of 19th-century French libertine poetry featuring works by Barbier, Hugo, Janin, Gautier, Baudelaire, and others. Includes original illustrations by Paul-Émile Bécat. Published in Paris by Éditions Georges Briffaut in 1951. Large quarto format (In-4°), 190 pages. Handsomely bound in half-leather with corners, gilt top edge, original covers preserved. One of only 50 copies printed on Marais vellum, here numbered 21. Original edition with an additional suite of 8 loose plates without remarks.