ANNENKOV Yu. (1889-1974), A COPY WITH AN ADDITIONAL SUITE OF EROTIC ILLUSTRA-TIONS Histoire de madame de Sancy par monsieur l’abbe de Choisy; Dessins de Georges Annenkoff. Paris: Aux Editions des Quatre Vents, 1945.

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Choisy, Abbot. The history of Madame de Sancy; ill. Yuri Annenkov. Paris, 1945. - 1 p. front. (ill., 124, [2] p., 9 p. il.; 18, 5x11, 5 cm. Circulation - 650 num. copies, of which 620 copies (1-620, 30 copies are not for sale with the mark: «H. C.». In French. Nine sepa-rate illustrations made by Y. P. Annenkov. The illustra-tions are performed in hand-printing stencil with ele-ments of hand-coloring (pochoir. On verge paper in the publisher’s illustrated cover. In a publishing case. Additional suite: 9 p. il. of erotic character, made in the technique of lithography. In the cover. Circulation «H. C. 1/30». Choisy Francois-Timoleon (1644-1724 was a French writer. For several years he was living in a woman’s dress by the whim of his mother pretending the widow Countess of Barr. He described his adventures in his early works, which are frivolous stories. Later, he re-pented of his activities and became a priest.