La Fille aux Yeux d'Or

Honore de Balzac; Almery Lobel-Riche

Published by Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, Paris, 1923

31cm x 21.5cm. [vi], 84 pages, 1 original drawing, 13 black and white etchings, 13 black and white etchings with remarques, 13 colour etchings with remarques. Full purple leather, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, blind rule, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles, silk doublures, marbled endpapers, marbled papered slipcase with leather edges. Text is in French. The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocratic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas, his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835, this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche (from a total edition of 500). This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet. Text is in French. Minor discolouration to spine. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Category: Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ+ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Inventory No: 0036127. Seller Inventory # 0036127

Bibliographic Details

Title: La Fille aux Yeux d'Or
Publisher: Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, Paris
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Thus.