EROTICA - BOREL, Antoine. Galerie des femmes les... Lot 24

EROTICA - [BOREL, Antoine]. Galerie des femmes les plus célèbres du monde par leurs galanteries et leurs aventures amoureuses. 53 copper engravings. London, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (Paris?, late 18th century, title leaf ca 1850). In-4 (19 x 27 cm). Bound in period half-cornered chagrin, decorated spine, gilt fillets on covers, gilt edges. Very rare suite of 53 very free, unsigned erotic color engravings whose titles are unknown to Gay, Apollinaire-Fleuret-Perceau and Pia. The title leaf is 2 mm shorter in width, which suggests that the title was added to a suite of 53 free engravings from the late 18th century, and therefore reissued with a new title. This suite includes figures belonging to the 15 free figures engraved after Antoine Borel by Elluin for John Cleland's novel Fanny Hill, the others probably belonging to Thérèse philosophe, Le Portier des Chartreux, Parapilla, l'Arétin français,... works also illustrated by Antoine Borel. (spine rubbed, top cover missing, scattered spotting in margins)