MONASTIC GALANTRY (La) or Informal Conversations Among Monks and Nuns....
MONASTIC GALANTRY (La) or Informal Conversations Among Monks and Nuns. Newly expanded to include several fine tales. Neuf-Chatel [à la Sphère], published by L'Amant oisif, n.d. [circa 1680]. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, smooth decorated spine, interior roulette, gilt edges on marbled paper (18th-century binding).
First edition (?) of these confessions of a lover, adorned with a copperplate engraving depicting him in the parlor with a nun. (Gay-Lemonnyer, vol. II, col. 373.)
I had spent my early years in the company of countless young ladies, with whom I frolicked ceaselessly [...] My passions were barely awakening when, at the urging of my mother—who foresaw that I would certainly not be averse to the fair sex—I rashly sacrificed my ardor to the mortifications of a convent (pp. 1–2).
On p. 171, there is an invective against the monastic cloister.
An old handwritten ex-libris on the title page.
Copy in a binding attributable to Derome. It should be noted that Nodier (1829, no. 625) owned a copy of this very rare book.
Repair on the reverse side of folio H12. Foxing and small water stains, ink stains on the binding covers.
MONASTIC GALANTRY (La) or Informal Conversations Among Monks and Nuns. Newly expanded to include several fine tales. Neuf-Chatel [à la Sphère], published by L'Amant oisif, n.d. [circa 1680]. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, smooth decorated spine, interior roulette, gilt edges on marbled paper (18th-century binding).
First edition (?) of these confessions of a lover, adorned with a copperplate engraving depicting him in the parlor with a nun. (Gay-Lemonnyer, vol. II, col. 373.)
I had spent my early years in the company of countless young ladies, with whom I frolicked ceaselessly [...] My passions were barely awakening when, at the urging of my mother—who foresaw that I would certainly not be averse to the fair sex—I rashly sacrificed my ardor to the mortifications of a convent (pp. 1–2).
On p. 171, there is an invective against the monastic cloister.
An old handwritten ex-libris on the title page.
Copy in a binding attributable to Derome. It should be noted that Nodier (1829, no. 625) owned a copy of this very rare book.
Repair on the reverse side of folio H12. Foxing and small water stains, ink stains on the binding covers.
