24. Péladan (Joséphin) Istar, number V of 5 copies on Japon signed by the publisher and with frontispiece in 4 states before letters, from a 16mo edition limited to 170 (also 120 8vo copies), frontispiece by Khnopff but in only one state, etched portrait, later half mottled morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, original printed wrappers bound in, 1888; Le Vice Suprême, etched frontispiece by Félicien Rops, name in ink on title, browned, contemporary half cloth, 1886; La Gynandre, etched frontispiece by Desboutins, old marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in (upper wrapper with illustration by Alex.Séon), 1891; Le Panthée, frontispiece by Khnopff, original printed wrappers with illustration by Séon, glacine wrapper, 1892; La Queste de Graal: Proses lyriques..., plates by Séon, later morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, original wrappers bound in (plain and pictorial), 1893, browned, the first and third rubbed, 8vo & 16mo, Paris, (5)
est. £300 – £400
The first four comprise vol.5, 1, 9 & 10 of the series La Décadence Latine éthopée , and the last is a collection of extracts from the same; La Gynandre is concerned with androgyny and lesbianism.