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PORTES ET FENETRES — A collection of 11 erotic lithographs with flaps. France, c.1830s.
PORTES ET FENETRES — A collection of 11 erotic lithographs with flaps. France, c.1830s. 11 hand-coloured lithographs (c.170-185 x c.110-165mm), all with printed overlays hinge-mounted along one edge, one of these overlays an engraved title and the others hand-coloured lithographs; four of the main lithographs with engraved captions in the bottom margin; all cut-down and mounted on card at an early date. (Some prints with the caption trimmed off, occasional minor soiling, card mounts evenly yellowed.) Modern burgundy half calf with marbled sides, flat spine gilt in compartments, olive green calf label, blue marbled endpapers. A group of rare erotic lithographs in which the explicit subject is revealed by lifting an overlay printed with a chaste scene — creating the illusion of looking behind a closed door or through a curtained window. The plates appear to be drawn from two or more works: one plate has a flap with a printed title ('Religion Saint Simonniene'), four others have printed captions in the bottom margin, and the remainder are without captions. The latter are mainly from an untitled group known collectively as Mœurs de Paris , typically attributed to Devéria, Grevedon, Monnier, Le Poittevin, and other great erotic artists of the Romantic period. Cf. Galitzin supplément 158, 159; Nordmann I, 279 and 327, and Nordmann II, 171.