La Volupté du Fouet by Du Loup, Armand - 1938

Paris: Aux Editions Prima, 1938 Flagellation novel. Beautifully illustrated by famous French artist Etienne Le Rallic (1891-1968) under the alias R. Fanny. Étienne Le Rallic was one of the most prominent French realistic comic artists of the 1940s and 1950s. His first drawings were published in Le Rire in 1910. Le Rallic was fascinated by horses, which can be seen in much of his work. He fulfilled his military service with the cavalry, and did his first drawings of horses for army publications. Later on, he made humorous drawings for the magazines Le Pêle-Mêle, Le Sourire, La Chronique Amusant, Fantasio, La Baïonette, Le Régiment, La Via Parisienne, Pages Folles, Bagatelle and Frou-Frou, sometimes using the pseudonym Smile. French text.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by R. Fanny. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.