247. HERTENBERGER (Fernand, ill.) & HUYSMANS (Joris Karl - Lot 247

247. HERTENBERGER (Fernand, ill.) & HUYSMANS (Joris Karl). Là-bas. Paris, Georges Briffaut, 1926. In-4, illustrated with plates and woodcuts in the text, bound in half eggplant morocco, spine with false nerves highly decorated with gilded decoration and mosaic red morocco pieces in the form of cruciform flowers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. The work is illustrated with woodcuts and 10 fine hors-texte etchings. A highly successful illustration, decadent, erotic and macabre. Edition of 500 copies, this one of 380 on Vélin de Rives. The protagonist Durtal is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais. To document his work, he investigates the occult, magic and Satanism. He even attends a black mass with the help of a Satanist canon. Slightly oiled spine, scattered foxing, heavier on preserved covers and edges.