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[COLOR-PLATE BOOKS]. [EROTICA]. THE SEIGNEUR DE BRANTOME (Pierre de Brantome, 1540-1614). Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1901. 8vos. Illustrated with 50 pochoir plates with captioned tissue guards. 379; 464 pp. Publisher’s full blue silk-textured cloth, boards ruled in gilt, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (both volumes recased with later endleaves, spines sunned, some soiling, edgewear, scuffing to bindings, front and rear blanks offset). Near fine. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, #541 OUT OF 750 ON ANTIQUE DECKLE-EDGED PAPER. This is a ribald look at the French society and court of his day, rife with scandal.