MORCEAUX CHOISIS DE DONATIEN-ALPHONSE-FRANCOIS (MARQUIS) DE SADE. 1948.

Paris: Seghers, 1948

19 x 14.2cm, 159pp. 13 documents and two letters by Sade reproduced in facsimile. Photographic wrappers. First edition of these selections from Sade’s hectic oeuvre, as edited by the Surrealist Lely. After WWII, Lely continued the legacy of Sadean scholarship and archeology set forth by Maurice Heine. Includes prologue, introduction, a poem and admirable bio-bibliographic material by Lely. A close to fine example. Increasingly scarce.