62
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(CURIOSA.) Fagus (pseud. of George
Eugène Faillet).
La Danse Macabre.
Numerous grotesquely erotic illustrations
by Sylvain Vigny plus 5
FULL
-
PAGE ORIGI
-
NAL INK AND WASH DRAWINGS
on the
preliminaries, Signed along lower margins.
4to, original pictorial wrappers, edgeworn,
scattered soiling and short tears; covers
beginning to separate from text block.
FIRST EDITION
. number 917 of 2000
copies on vélin, Inscribed and Signed by
Vigny on title-page.
Paris: Malfère, (1920)
[300/500]
59
62
59
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(CURIOSA.) Blei, Franz; editor.
Der Amethyst.
Plates by von Bayros,
Beardsley, Alfred Kubin, Félicien Rops,
Maurice Besnaux, and others. Thick 4to,
original gilt-lettered
1
/
4
vellum, moder-
ately worn; split between pages 260/261,
top edges stained burgundy, sometimes
slightly bleeding into margins.
NUMBER
746
OF
800
COPIES
privately printed for
subscribers.
(Vienna), 1906-06
[300/400]
60
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(CURIOSA.) Christophe, Franz.
Die Verführung: Sittenbilder aus
galanter Zeit.
12 erotic etchings of a
Rococo era couple, printed in sanguine,
two loose and the others tipped to mats.
Folio, plates, title-leaf, and colophon loose
as issued; laid into original
1
/
4
vellum and
patterned board portfolio.
FIRST EDITION
.
NUMBER
4
OF ONLY
50
COPIES
privately
printed for subscribers.
Np, circa 1910
[250/350]
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(CURIOSA.) Dutch Treat Club.
Group of 18 Dutch Treat Club annual vol-
umes.
Profusely illustrated. 8vo, original pictorial covers, variously worn, but most with at
least rubbing along edges; scattered internal dampstaining. Ex-collection member James
Stanley, with his signature in most volumes.
NewYork, 1930s-60s
[600/900]
The DutchTreat Club, still in existence, was founded in 1905 by Thomas Masson and Robert
SterlingYard. Essentially a men’s club to celebrate literature, music, art, and drama, the members
met for lunch each week with every member paying his way, thus “Dutch Treat” was coined.
Famous members over the years included John O’Hara Cosgrave (Chairman), James
Montgomery Flagg, Robert Benchley, Rube Goldberg, Robert M. McBride, Isaac Asimov, and
Otto Soglow.The annual began in 1920 and is known for its risqué drawings of women.This
group includes the years 1923 (with a pencil sketch. Stanley’s?), 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930,
1932, 1933 (spine missing), 1934, 1937, 1938 (spine missing, worn, but signed by several
members), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1958, and 1962.