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[VALOTAIRE] Nelly et Jean [& Marcel]; [DULAC, Jean (illustrator).

Nous Deux

Simples papiers du tiroir secret.

Stock Code
98233
Paris, privately published for the author and friends, 1929
£3,500

Privately printed for the author and friends, not for sale to the public: 'non mise dans la commerce'.

Considered to be one of the masterpieces of erotic illustration of the twentieth century, the book tells the story of the sexual initiation of Nelly, a young student, and Jean, her private Latin tutor. Written in the form of a private journal composed by Nelly, it also contains letters from Nelly addressed to her lover.

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Description

Limited edition, number 67 of 250 on arches velin paper from a total edition of 295; 2 vols, 8vo (23 x 15 cm); title page in each volume, limitation page in vol. II, 46 erotic illustrations and vignettes, enhanced with watercolour, including two frontispieces, beautifully bound in ornately gilt decorated tan morocco gilt, signed G. Miller in gilt in both volumes, both vols housed in beige cloth slip case; a fine example.

Bibliography

Dutel 2054.

Stock ID:98233

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