DELVAU Alfred. Modern Erotic Dictionary. By a Professor of the Green Language. Freetown, Imprimerie de la Bibliomaniac Society [Bruxelles, Jules Gay], 1864; in-12 of [4]-x pp. 1 bl.f., 319 pp. bound in contemporary red half-chagrin with corners, gilt fillet, spine ribbed, gilt head. First edition of 300 copies, printed in Brussels by Mertens on behalf of Jules Gay. The edition was condemned to destruction for offences against public decency by a judgement of the 6th chamber of the Tribunal Correctionnel de la Seine, dated 2 June 1865. One of 50 copies on strong laid paper with the frontispiece by Félicien Rops in double state in black and red. Some foxing at the beginning of the volume. Gay-Lemonnier I, 908; Pia, 366.