Louis Berthomme-Saint-André was born in Barbary, Francy in 1905. He studied with Paul Laurens at l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1924-1929, he won a silver medal in 1928. His works were shown at the Salon d'Automne beginning in 1928, at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1934-1936, at the Salon des Tuileries after 1935.
In 1956 he began exhibiting at the Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps. While he painted a wide range of subject matter, he is especially known for his paintings of attractive young women, boudoir scenes, nudes, and showgirls. In addition to painting, he illustrated works for Zola, Maupassant, and Colette. Works are in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Narbonne, France. Berthommé died in 1977.
4to. 76pp. Limited edition of 250 copies on velin Rives; plus 25 copies for the collaborators, of which contain and extra suite of 12 lithographs in color. 25 lithographs including 12 hors-texte in color.
First published Bruxelles: Kistemaeckers, 1890. Published again by Charles Hirsch in 1893 with plates by Lobel-Riche.
(Monod: 11112. Bookseller holding: Fata Libelli, 03/27/05)
8vo. 219pp. Volume 3 of 6 from Œuvres poétiques complètes. 16 illustrations done in color.
See the entry Œuvres poétiques complètes for a list of all volumes and illustrators.
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In-16. 141pp. Limited edition of 392 copies, of which 320 copies are on Arches wove paper. 22 etchings in color
Later published in 1942 with illustrations by Paul-Emile Bécat.
(Monod: 8793. Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-YC-1455. Bookseller holding: Cole & Contreras Books 3/13/04)
In-4. 2 volumes. Vol.1: 228pp. Vol.2: 209pp. Limited edition of 515 copies on vélin d'Arches. Plates in color.
First published in 1748. Previously published by René Kieffer in 1923 with illustration by Sylvain Sauvage and later by Le Vasseur in 1939 with illustrations by Paul-Emile Becat.
(Monod: 3770. Bibliothèque Nationale: RES M-Y2-480 (1) and RES M-Y2-480 (2)
182pp, Limited edition of 3091 copies printed on Vergé de Voiron. Illustrations in color.
First published in 1759. Later published by Paul Bonnet in 1928 with illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage.
(Monod: 11387. Bookseller holding: Le Lutrin, 3/13/04)
Small 4to. 237pp. Limited edition of 1500 copies on Chiffon.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-88186(8). Bookseller holding: ADCL SPRL, 3/27/05)
8vo. 3 volumes. 45 plates in color.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES M-Y2-427. Monod: 1619.)
8vo. 2 volumes. Limited edition of 2000 copies.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-27329. Monod: 10934)
23 lithographs. Limited edition of 241 copies, of which 75 are on Velin Blanc d'Arches.
An English translation was done by Carrington in 1900 as "Weird Women", illustrated by Emile Mas and Adolphe Lambrecht.
(Bookseller holding: René Cluzel, 5/16/04)
In-16. 256pp. 16 engravings. Limited edition of 964 copies.
This work was first published in 1788. Previously published by La Tradition in 1935 with illustrations by Andre Collot and again in 1946 with illustrations by Paul Paul-Emile Bécat.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: ENFER-1423. Monod: 262)
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Volume 1 of of Œuvres Erotiques Complètes
(Monod: 360. Kinsey: 843.8 A64 e9 1934. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques (Auction Catalogue); Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #15)
24cm. 147pp. Limited edition of 1500 copies, of which 1368 copies on vélin Lafuma with 16 etchings in color.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Z-8767. Bookseller holding: Harteveld Rare Books, 03/27/05)
In-4.
First published in 1857 by Auguste Poulet-Malassis. Previously published in 1917 by possibly J. Chevrel with illustrations by Martin van Maele; in 1936 by Rombaldi with héliogravures by Edouard Chimot; in 1950 by Rombaldi with illustrations by André collot; and in 1959 by Gibert jeune with illustrations by Paul Emile-Becat.
(Monod: 1115)
19cm. 2 volumes. Limited edition of 920 copies of which 4 are on Japon numbered A-D; 6 on Japon Imperial numbered E-J; 30 are on Arches numbered I-XXX; 320 on fil Johannot numbered 1-320; and 600 are on Chiffon numbered 321-920. 40 hors-texte plates in color.
(Monod: 9102. Bookseller holding: Jousseaume, 03/27/05)
Small 4to in publisher's chemise folio. Limited edition of 375 copies. 28 lithiographes in color on Japon
(Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques; Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #40. Bookseller holding: Fata Libelli, 03/26/05)
In-folio. 187pp. Illustrations in color. Limited edition of 310 copies.
Previously published by Georges Briffaut in 1934 with Gerda Wegener illustrations and again in 1941 with Paul-Emile Bécat illustrations.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES G-Y2-227. Monod: 5188)
Small 4to. 98pp. Limited edition of 551 copies, of which 50 copies are on Japon Imperial. 15 lithographes + a drawing in crayon.
(Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques, Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #181)
In-4. 104pp. Limited edition of 697 copies of which 444 are on chiffon. 20 full page colour plates accompanied with 20 duplicate images in black and white. With 14 black and white illustrations in the text and a further duplicate suite of 10 large folding black white plates; all attributed to Berthomme.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: ENFER-1398. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques; Hotel Drouot, Salle No. 13, 11 Mars 1987, #182. Bookseller holding: Robert Frew, 03/10/05)
8vo. 243pp. 8 illustrations in color.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-87711. Bookseller holding: Urbain Grandier, 03/27/05)
In-4. 259pp. Housed in a chemise slip cover. Limited edition of 1500 copies on Chiffon. Illustrations by Berthommé, engraved in color by Gérard Angiolini.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-27116. Bookseller holding: ADCL SPRL, 03/27/05)
8vo. 145pp. Limited edition of 2500 on vélin. 16 plates in b/w and color.
First published in 1767.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 4-Y2-7767. Monod: 11423. Bookseller holding: Harteveld Rare Books 3/13/04)
8vo. 3 volumes. Vol.1: 306pp; Vol.2: 338pp; Vol.3:278pp. Illustration by Berthomme in volume 2, Le Bachelier.
Other volumes: [1] L'enfant, aquatintes et dessins de Jacques Boullaire; [3] L'Insurgé (1871) aquatintes et dessins de Edy Legrand.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-87741 (2). Bookseller holding: Librairie Vocabulaire, 03/27/05)
8vo. 343pp. Illustrations hors-texte in b/w and color. Limited edition of 9000 copies.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-88038 (148). Bookseller holding: Aazbooks, 03/27/05)
8vo. 2 volumes. x + 352pp. Limited edition of 2150 printed on velin. 24 hors-texte illustrations.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-83528. Monod: 4674.)
Small 4to. 109pp. Housed in slipcase. Limited edition of 900 copies on Johannot wove paper, of which 20 contain a full-page watercolor signed by Berthomme. 21 lithographies of which 20 are in color.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES M-Y2-694. Monod: 7905. Bookseller holding: Cole & Contreras, 03/27/05)
8vo. 230pp.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-O3J-1038)
Small 8vo. 3 volumes. 138, 120, 124pp. Limited edition of 400 copies. 26 hand-colored plates + 45 erotic chapter headings and tail pieces printed in red.
A French translation of it's better know title "My Secret Life". Not in Bibliothèque Nationale
(Monod: 582. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques (Auction Catalogue); Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #21)
8vo. Limited edition of 405 copies. 12 aquarelles.
First published in 1877. Also published by Bibliothèque des Curieux [Briffaut] in 1934 as "Souvenirs d'une Cocodette" with illustrations by Luc Lafnet.
(Monod: 4593. Auction Catalogue: Vente de livres Hotel Drouot, Sale 11 - Mar 21 2001, #18)
8vo. 189pp. Limited edition of 650 copies.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-LI3-1282. Monod: 11561)
23cm. 2 volumes. Vol.1: 261pp, Vol.2: 270pp. Limited editin of 1000 copies on Rives. Lithographs in b/w and sepia-tone
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-26763)
8vo. 80pp. 16 engravings in color, 2 woodcut illustrations. Limited edition of 1500 copies on velin Chiffon.
Previously published in 1924 with illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Later published in 1946 by G. Guillot with illustrations by Louis Icart.
(Monod: 3300. Vente de livres; Hotel Drouot, Sale No.11 - Mar 21 2001, #19. Bookseller holding: La Poussière du Temps, 03/27/05)
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Volume 3 of of Œuvres Erotiques Complètes
(Monod: 360. Kinsey: 843.8 A64 e9 1934. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques (Auction Catalogue); Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #15)
8vo. 3 volumes. 36, 94, 136pp. Limited edition of 201 copies of which 200 are on verge d'Arches. 25 engravings in color with 4 being duplicates
Vol.1 = Poesies. Vol.2 = Les Exploits d'un Jeune Don Juan. Vol.3 = Les Onze Mille Verges. The copy in Kinsey is the 2nd volume only and contains 8 plates. See individual titles in this listing.
(Monod: 360. Kinsey: 843.8 A64 e9 1934. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques (Auction Catalogue); Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #15)
8vo. 315pp. Plates in color, engraved by Gilbert Poilliot.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Z-30688 (4))
8vo. 6 volumes slipcased. Illustrations in all volumes done in color.
Berthomme illustrations are in Volume III. See individual entry. All Volumes: [1] Vers de jeunesse. Poèmes saturniens. F?tes galantes. La bonne chanson. Illustrations by Marianne Clouzot; [2] Romances sans paroles. Sagesse. Jadis et naguère. Illustrations by Roger Ferrero; [3] Amour. Parallèlement. Bonheur. Illustrations by Berthomme. [4] Chansons pour elle. Lithurgies intimes. Odes en son honneur. Dans les limbes. Illustrations by Perraudin; [5] Chair. Dédicaces. Epigrammes. Illustrations by Schem. [6] Invectives. Poésies diverses. Illustrations by Raoul Serres.
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24cm. 246pp. 21 illustrations in volume 5 of 5. Poems in volume 5: Poèmes. Astarté. Iris. Aquarelles passionnées. Hivernales. La For?t des nymphes. Stances. Derniers vers. Po?mes divers. Fragments.
Other volumes: [1] Aphrodite, moeurs antiques. Illustrations en couleurs de J.-A. Cante; [2] Les Chansons de Bilitis. Illustrations en couleurs de Louis Icart; [3] Les Aventures du roi Pausole. Illustrations de Beuville; [4] La Femme et le pantin, roman espagnol. Illustrations en couleurs de J. Traynier.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Z-30861)
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Volume 2 of of Œuvres Erotiques Complètes
(Monod: 360. Kinsey: 843.8 A64 e9 1934. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques (Auction Catalogue); Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #15)
4to. Unpaginated. White wrappers, printed in black, in imitation vellum folder and slipcase. Limited edition of 350 copies. 20 pointes-sèches hors-texte and in-text plates by Berthomme
(Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques; Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #139. Kinsey: 841.7 L89 p7 1937b. Kearney: Scissors & Paste Bibliopgraphies)
8vo. Volume 1 of 2. 264pp. Limited edition of 1750, of which 250 copies are on vélin de rives and contains 16 full-page plates in pochoir plus an extra state of plates in b/w [9 monochromatic]. Cover illustration and chapter headings by Pierre Gandon. Tail-pieces by Jean-Vital Prost. Introdution by Guillaume Apollinaire.
First published in two sets of three dialogues in 1534 and 1536 [Foxon: p.25]. Previously published by Vasseur et Cie in 1933 with illustrations by André Collot. There is an edition that appears to conform exactly to this volume except the colophon states a publication date of 1939, the second volume, however, does give a publication date of 1936. Possibly reprinted?
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES P-Y2-2621. Monod: 440. Bookseller holding: Antiquariat BehnkeBuch 3/13/04. Kinsey: 851.4 A68 r2F 1935)
8vo. Volume 2 of 2. 294pp. 16 full-page color plates in pochoir + 8 monochromatic illustrations. Cover illustration and chapter headings by Pierre Gandon. Tail-pieces by Jean-Vital Prost. Introdution by Guillaume Apollinaire.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES P-Y2-2622. Monod: 441. Kinsey: AAF4830. Bookseller holding: Antiquariat BehnkeBuch 3/13/04)
4to. 243pp. Plates in color, engraved by Gilbert Poilliot.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: RES M-Z-292 (8))
8vo. ii + 121pp. Limited edition of 805 copies on velin. 12 illusttrations done in watercolor.
First published in 1877 as "Mémoires d'une Demoiselle de bonne famille". Also published by Bibliothèque des Curieux [Briffaut] in 1934 with illustrations by Luc Lafnet.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: ENFER-1615)
In-4. 361pp. 1 volume. Done in facsimile from the original manuscript. Limited edition of 281 copies. 20 engraved plates attributed to Berthomme.
(Monod: 7447. Bookseller holding: Antiquariat Ars Amandi, 03/27/05)
In-4. 2 volumes. Vol.1: 96pp.; Vol.2: 106pp. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which 90 contained the 20 engraved plates by Berthomme. The 16 vignettes are by André Collot.
(Monod: 7448. Importante Bibliothèque d'Ouvrages Erotiques; Hotel Drouot, Salle No.13, 1987, #39. Bookseller holding: Antiquariat Ars Amandi, 03/27/05)
8vo. 200pp. Limited edition of 350 copies on Hollande. 16 full-page etchings.
(Bookseller holding: Fata Libelli, 03/27/05. Kearney: Scissor & Paste Bibliographies)
In-16. 239pp. Plates by Berthomme. Vignettes by André Collot.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-83588)
21cm. 247pp. Limited edition of 600 copies on velin chiffon. Page numbers and chapter headings in red. 16 full-page illustrations in color.
First published in 1920 by Bibliothèque-Charpentier. Not found in the usual sources.
(Bookseller holding: Joyce Royce [Belgium], 03/31/05)
8vo. 236pp. Plates in color.
First published in 1877 as "Mémoires d'une Demoiselle de bonne famille". Also published by Bibliothèque des Curieux [Briffaut] in 1934 with illustrations by Luc Lafnet.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Z-29604 (3). Monod: 3056)
In-16. 299p. Limited edition of 3000 copies. Illustrations in color. From the 'Collection de la Main d'or' series.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 16-Y2-414)
8vo. 6 volumes. Illustrations in volume 3. Titles in volume 3: Amour. Parallèlement. Bonheur. Illustrated with 6 engravings by Berthommé Saint-André.
Other volumes: [I] Vers de jeunesse. Poèmes saturniens. F?tes galantes. La Bonne chanson. Seize eaux-fortes originales de Marianne Clouzot; [II] Romances sans paroles. Sagesse. Jadis et naguère. Seize eaux-fortes originales de Roger Ferréro; [IV] Chansons pour elle. Liturgies intimes. Odes en son honneur. Élégies. Dans les limbes. Seize eaux-fortes originales de Perraudin; [V] Chair. Dédicaces. Épigrammes. Seize eaux-fortes de Schem; [VI] Invectives. Poésies diverses. Seize eaux-fortes originales de Raoul Serres.
(Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-YE-15969)