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No. 21110377

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Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Illustré par Paul-Emile Bécat - 1949
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Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Illustré par Paul-Emile Bécat - 1949

Kurt Salchli

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Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Epigrammes et Chansons, Poésies diverses , Contes. Introduction by a Burgundian bibliophile. Paris, chez Georges Briffaut, 1949. 173pp., 23 x 16 cm Binding (editor) in half green morocco leather with corners, paperboard enhanced with stencil, spine with adorned raised bands, golden title, 2 title labels in black leather, golden top edge. Very good condition of the binding, clean and fresh inside, title in red and black, preserved wrappers, pretty printed end papers, bookmark. Book enriched with great original compositions by Paul-Emile Bécat. Alexis Piron, Burgundian born in Dijon in 1689, is a libertine poet whose writings made scandal. The delicate line of Bécat echoes these erotic poems nicely. Edition limited to 1,565 numbered copies, one of 1500 copies on vellum of the Marais, this copy is No. 914.

No. 21110377

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Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Illustré par Paul-Emile Bécat - 1949

Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Illustré par Paul-Emile Bécat - 1949

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Alexis Piron - Oeuvres Badines. Epigrammes et Chansons, Poésies diverses , Contes. Introduction by a Burgundian bibliophile. Paris, chez Georges Briffaut, 1949. 173pp., 23 x 16 cm

Binding (editor) in half green morocco leather with corners, paperboard enhanced with stencil, spine with adorned raised bands, golden title, 2 title labels in black leather, golden top edge. Very good condition of the binding, clean and fresh inside, title in red and black, preserved wrappers, pretty printed end papers, bookmark. Book enriched with great original compositions by Paul-Emile Bécat.


Alexis Piron, Burgundian born in Dijon in 1689, is a libertine poet whose writings made scandal. The delicate line of Bécat echoes these erotic poems nicely. Edition limited to 1,565 numbered copies, one of 1500 copies on vellum of the Marais, this copy is No. 914.

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