The Complete Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings

xxii, 753, [1] pp. 8vo. Compiled and translated by Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse, with introductions by Jean Paulhan of l'Academie Francaise and Maurice Blanchot. The famous erotic novel by the French aristocrat notorious for his deviant sexual behaviors, together with other assorted writings. Originally published in Paris in 1797. Illustration section features facsimiles of Sade's baptism certificate and other documents, title page of the original Les Crimes de l'Amour, and black & white photographs of his chateau. Text includes: Foreword; Publisher's Preface; CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL: The Marquis de Sade and His Accomplice; Sade; Chronology; Seven Letters (1763-1790); Note Concerning My Detention (1803); Last Will and Testament (1806); TWO PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES: Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man (1782); Philosophy in the Bedroom (1795); TWO MORAL TALES: Eugenie de Franval (1788); Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised (1791). Bibliography follows text, which provides a useful chronology of de Sade's literary works, political pamphlets, posthumous publications, and unpublished manuscripts.