[LOUYS, Pierre].

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[LOUYS, Pierre].
The Trophy of the legendary vulvas. Nine sonnets on Wagner's heroines dreamed at the foot of the Venusberg in August 1891. [P.], Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles parisiens, 1948, 8°, in sheets, filled cover, cardboard folder with flaps and laces. First edition printed at 300 copies on pur chiffon du Marais. 1/246 numbered from 55 to 300. Curiosa illustrated with 18 very free drypoints by Fernand Hertenberger. The justification is printed in the form of a lettering phallus. Pierre Louÿs composed these nine most obscene sonnets in homage to Wagner's heroines during a stay in Bayreuth in 1891 (Pia, Les Livres de l'Enfer, 1453). Rare.
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