Lot 1111 Pierre Louys. Cyprian masques. Translated …

Cyprian masques. Translated by Ruby Melvill. Drawings by Beresford Egan. London, The Fortune Press, (1929). XXI, 137 S. Pgt. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel und spanischen Kanten.

Moderne Literatur und Kunst – Eins von 75 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe (GA 1275) auf starkem, handgeschöpftem Papier. - Dekadente, erotische Skizzen unter dem Deckmantel einer Übersetzung der Werke von Lukian. Der Art-Déco-Künstler Beresford Egan war ein produktiver Illustrator erotischer Werke, und Louys' "äußerst widersprüchliche und ambivalente Sexualpolitik diente eindeutig als äußerst nützlicher Rahmen für das Verständnis von Egans Art postviktorianischer, dekadenter Erotik" (Mahoney, S. 182). Der Verlag Fortune Press hatte sich auf schwule Erotik spezialisiert und wurde 1924 von Reginald Caton gegründet. Ein Jahrzehnt später wurde Caton wegen der Veröffentlichung obszöner Werke strafrechtlich verfolgt und für schuldig befunden. - Exlibris auf Innendeckel, insgesamt schönes, teils unbeschnittenes Exemplar.

Modern Literature and Art – Vellum with Spanish edges and a gold-embossed title on the spine. One of 75 copies of the special edition (GA 1275) on heavy, handmade paper. - Decadent, erotic sketches disguised as a translation of the works of Lukian. The Art Deco artist Beresford Egan was a prolific illustrator of erotic works, and Louys' "highly contradictory and ambivalent sexual politics clearly served as an extremely useful framework for understanding Egan's style of post-Victorian, decadent eroticism" (Mahoney, p. 182). Fortune Press, which specialized in gay erotica, was founded in 1924 by Reginald Caton. A decade later, Caton was prosecuted and found guilty of publishing obscene works. - Ex libris on the inside cover, overall a beautiful copy, partly untrimmed.

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