[Félix NOGARET]. L'Arétin françois. By a member of the Acadé - Lot 76

[Félix NOGARET]. L'Arétin françois. By a member of the Académie des Dames. London, 1787. Two parts in one volume in-12, fawn calf, triple gilt fillet on covers, ornate smooth spine, filleted edges, gilt edges. [23 ff.], 18 engravings including frontispiece; [2 ff.], 53 pp. 1 figure. The second part is entitled "Les Epices de Vénus ou pièces diverses du même académicien". The figures were engraved by Elluin after drawings by Antoine Borel. The frontispiece depicts a vulva framed by a phallus, with the following caption: "A tous les vits le con donne des loix / Des voluptés c'est la source féconde / Vits, couronnez le con, ce roi des rois / Et que le foutre à chaque instant l'inonde." Upper cap missing, cap, bindings and corners rubbed, scattered foxing. Dutel A-99**.