Dictionnaire Erotique Moderne Par Un Professeur De Langue Verte [Erotica]. Delvau, Alfred

Bâle [Basel], Imprimerie de Karl Schmidt [but likely Gay et Doucé, Brussells], [circa 1879]/ 1864. Octavo, xxiv, 375 pages plus an engraved frontispiece (printed in green) by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet (trimmed and mounted on an early blank). Early half roan and marbled boards; edges marbled; rejointed; covers and a little sunned and worn; spine label lacking; minimal tanning and foxing internally; a few minor signs of use; a very good copy. An erotic glossary, privately printed for members of the Biblio-Aphrodiphile Société. This 'Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée, considérablement augmentée par l'auteur et enrichie de nombreuses citations' contains Delvaux's final revisions and additional citations by Jules Choux.