Curiosa - [BAYROS (Franz von). LOVE AND MADNESS. Satirical p - Lot 29

Curiosa - [BAYROS (Franz von). LOVE AND MADNESS. Satirical poems by Alexis Piron. Drawings by Venu de Bonestor. Paris, 1910 (Briffaut?). In-4°, velin rigide raciné, gilt filets (Kirsten Vinding). Numbered deluxe reprint, under the aegis of Guillaume Appolinaire, by the Briffaut brothers of 31 erotic poems by Piron. It is illustrated with 20 glossy drawings of Venus by Bonestor (pseudonym of Franz von Bayros) from the collection "Fleurettens Purpur schnecke" published in Vienna in 1905. This is the first French edition by the Viennese master. Edition of 530 copies numbered from 1 to 530, this one curiously numbered 930. Beautiful binding by Kirsten Vinding, winner of the 4th Concours de la Reliure Originale in 1969. ED