Les Crimes de l'Amour

D.A.F. DE SADE. Les Crimes de l'Amour. Idée sur les Romans — Faxelange — Eugénie de Franval — Dorgeville — À Villeterque folliculaire. Preceded by a bibliographic note. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1952-1953. Octavo, original publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies: this is copy no. 609 on papier de Châtaignier. Volume enriched by photographic reproduction of the title page of the original edition of Year VIII (1800) with the stamp of the Bibliothèque Royale and a period engraving. Jean-Jacques Pauvert was the publisher who in the 1950s brought Sade's complete works back to light, challenging French censorship in celebrated trials. Copy in good condition with foxing to cover, interior fresh. An essential document for the history of the Sadian revival in the twentieth century.