Mon Noviciat ou Les Joies de Lolotte
[Bruxelles]: [s.i.], 1864. Very Good. Item #50418
[Bruxelles: s.i., 1864]. New Edition. 12mo; bound in slightly later brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards; five raised bands; gilt ruling and stamping; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; 235; 242pp. + [1] page publisher's advertisements. Two erotic plates with tissue guards laid in, as found elsewhere; title page printed in red and black; with half titles. Light wear to boards with some scuffing; bindings sound; a Very Good copy.
Gay and Lemonnyer note this as a rather racy novel following the lewd exploits of a courtesan. Originally published in 1792, this edition is about as rare as the original as the work was condemned by the Tribunal of the Seine in 1865 and copies destroyed.
Gay and Lemonnyer III, p. 258.
Price: $750.00