L'Historie Comique de Francion

Charles Sorel. Paris: Jean Fort, 1926. 8vo. vi + 411pp. Frontispiece + 16 full-page engravings (with tissue guards) and numerous head and tail pieces (non erotic) by Martin Van Maele.

Limited edition of 2003 copies of which: 1 is on Japon Imperial with the original drawings and three additional suites of plates (including a suite done in watercolor), #2–11 is on Japon Impérial with three additional suites of plates, #12–42 is on Hollande with two additional suites of plates, #43–103 is on Madagascar [with the engravings in two states], and #104–2003 is on Enoshima.

My copy, no. 445, contains one set of the uncolored engravings. These are in the order they are placed in the book.

View the suite of colored engravings