{"title":"Paul-Émile Bécat","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"les-chansons-de-bilitis","title":"Les Chansons de Bilitis","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"327\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"304\"\u003eLOUŸS (Pierre). \u003cem data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"268\"\u003eLes Chansons de Bilitis\u003c\/em\u003e. Illustrated by Paul-Émile Bécat.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"307\"\u003eParis: Piazza, 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"542\"\u003e8vo (204 × 148 mm). 206 pp., (3) ff. Half raspberry morocco with corners, raised bands, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; original wrappers and spine preserved. Binding by \u003cstrong data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"541\"\u003eKauffmann-Horclois\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"635\"\u003eIllustrated edition, enriched with two superb autograph letters signed by Pierre Louÿs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eThe first is a one-page correction (“à la lettre 2203, du 31 juillet”). The second, a charming three-page letter entitled “Vendredi”, offers a delightful glimpse into Louÿs’s wit: a humorous parody of divine communication — “Il n’accorde la communication qu’aux abonnés [...] (Voix célestes : \u003cem data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"966\"\u003eZzzz ! Krrrr ! Allô ! Pas libre !\u003c\/em\u003e)” — followed by an irreverent request for “une petite ordure… dont j’aurais besoin pour caler ma baignoire”, identified as \u003cem data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003eFac. Par. de Brusc… Rouen, Thomas Maillard, 1615\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1375\"\u003eOne of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1197\"\u003e3000 copies on vélin des papeteries Boucher\u003c\/strong\u003e, this being \u003cstrong data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1222\"\u003eno. 2768\u003c\/strong\u003e. The charming illustrations by Bécat — sensual, fluid, and quintessentially 1940s — suit Louÿs’s celebrated pastiche of ancient erotic poetry perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1431\"\u003eA very attractive copy, the spine just lightly sunned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56527254225221,"sku":"0750","price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/compressed_IMG_4981.jpg?v=1764671449"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/artiste-paul-emile-becat.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}