[...]. MES Loisirs dedicated to my friends. Petit recueil po - Lot 38

[...]. MES Loisirs dedicated to my friends. Petit recueil pour exciter la fveur aux matines de Cythère par un amateur de l'office. S.l., 1764, small in-4°, Jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (period binding). Collation: 6 pl. ch. 1 to 6, 1 pl. n. ch. ("Comus"), 4 pl. ch. 7 to 10, 2 pl. n. ch. including 1 titled "Venus", 8 pl. ch. 11 to 18, 1 pl. n. o. ch., 12 pl. ch. 19 to 30, 1 pl. n. o. ch., 1 pl. ch. 31, 1 pl. n. o. ch., 2 pl. ch. 32 to 33, 3 pl. n. o. ch. including 1 titled "L'Éducation de l'Amour", 1 pl. ch. 34, 1 pl. n. o. ch.., 1 p. o.c. 35, 1 p. o.c., 2 p. o.c. 36-37, 2 p. o.c., 2 p. o.c. 38-39, 1 p. o.c., 4 pl. ch. 40-43, 1 pl. n. ch., 7 pl. ch. 44-50. First edition. Erotic suite of 65 line-engraved plates based on imaginary engraved stones. At one time, they were attributed to Mme de Pompadour. The numbered plates are captioned, usually in verse. A superb copy, one of the very few to be complete with all the required plates. Size : 184 x 136 mm. Provenances: Pierre Berès (Cat. 54, 1953, no. 171, "Recueil très rare de 65 planches libres non signées."), with his label; R. Peyrefitte (Cat., 1977, no. 151 erroneously described, reproduction), with his bookplate. Dutel (J.-P.), Bibliographie des ouvrages érotiques, A-697; Cohen, II, 705 ("Cite un ex. en maroquin, celui de la bibliothèque Olry-Roederer"); Portalis (R.), Les Dessinateurs d'illustrations au dix-huitième siècle, pp. 523-524; Nordmann (G.), Bibliothèque érotique, première partie, April 27, 2006, no. 267 (for a copy of 49 engravings (figured) including 17 watercolors).