[Cent nouvelles nouvelles]. MALASSIS. Manuel ORAZI and C. FERNETI, illustrators. ~ Les cent Nouvelles nouvelles. S’ensuyt le présent livre des cent nouvelles, lesquel en soy contient cent chapitres ou histoires, ou pour mieux dire nouveaux compte à plaisance. Paris: [Argenteuil: Couloma for] Javal et Bourdeaux, 1931.

The famous medieval collection of bawdy stories told at the court of Louis XI in the fifteenth century.  more...

One of 75 copies on japon (total edition 590), but this example with the rare additional suites by Manuel Orazi and Ferneti usually issued with the 40 copies on japon ancien only. Malassis had been a pupil of Gustave Moreau; the Orazi plates, while distinctly unsettling, are much sought after..  see full details

£1800