"[curiosa Eroticism Photography] Verneuil / Romains - Images Of A Woman. Eo Num."
VERNEUIL (Maurice Pillard) - ROMANS (Jules, foreword by). Images of a Woman - Twenty-four [24] nude studies. Paris, Editions Denoël & Steele, (1931). Flight. in pt in-4 format (303 x 244 mm) of 15 pp. and [24] plates, in sheets, under lace-up cardboard folder, title label glued to the front cover, smooth spine. Original edition. One of the copies of the numbered edition. Careful publication, it is here complete with its 24 pretty photographic plates featuring female nudes. ''It seems that the white man wanted to free his admiration of the woman's body from pure eroticism and prove to himself that this kind of religion, if it is constantly heated by desire, is nevertheless not reduced not to the illusions of sexuality''. Auer collection, p. 180; Bertolotti, Books of nudes, pp. 90-91. Leveled top cap. Worn corners. Tiny tear in the margin of three leaves. The Discrete abrasion sheet in the lower margin of the first cover. Discreet abrasion on the lower margin of the front cover. Otherwise, very good condition. Otherwise, good condition. Uncommon.