Lot 58
Sade (Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de) Opus Sadicum, number 1 of 50 copies using the sheets of the first edition in English, Athens, by the Erotika Biblion Society for Private Distribution, 1889
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Sade (Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de) Opus Sadicum, number 1 of 50 copies using the sheets of the first edition in English, half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, dark green crushed half morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, spine gilt in compartments, light sunning to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, Athens, by the Erotika Biblion Society for Private Distribution, 1889.
⁂ An excellent example of this rare edition, we can trace no other copy at auction. The first edition in English was published by Isadore Liseux in Paris. Harry Sidney Nichols bought 50 sets of sheets and published them in the present edition for his society members.
Description
Sade (Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de) Opus Sadicum, number 1 of 50 copies using the sheets of the first edition in English, half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, dark green crushed half morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, spine gilt in compartments, light sunning to spine, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, Athens, by the Erotika Biblion Society for Private Distribution, 1889.
⁂ An excellent example of this rare edition, we can trace no other copy at auction. The first edition in English was published by Isadore Liseux in Paris. Harry Sidney Nichols bought 50 sets of sheets and published them in the present edition for his society members.
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