Oeuvres: Justine Ou Les Malheurs De La Vertu, Dialogue Entre Un Pretre et Un Moribond, Eugenie De Franval, Idee Sur Les Romans, L'auteur Des Crimes De L'amour a Villeterque Folliculaire [Design Binding]
Hardcover
1953 · Paris
by Sade [François Alphonce Donatien Marquis de]; Esposito, Giani (illus); Sheats, Sonya (binder)
Paris: Le Club Francais du Livre, 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Text in French. Forward by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, afterword by Maurice Blanchot. Bound by Sonya Sheats: "The image on the front cover is taken directly from the text. The binding is a traditional French full leather binding with leather hinges. The endpapers are marbled on gloss paper by Marianne Peter (France). This book was bound by Sonya Sheats in 2003." (from the artist). Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full leather binding in white calfskin, tooled in grey and black film, marbled endpages. 8vo. 732pp plus bibliography. Illus. (b/w plates). Original wrappers bound in. (Inventory #: 8703)