Isidore Liseux
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Isidore Liseux (1836 - 1894) was a French bibliophile and publisher of erotica and curiosa.
Liseux was active as publisher in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century. His publications, which were usually translated and annotated by Alcide Bonneau or by Liseux himself, were mostly rare texts of 16th till 18th century authors: hard to find and little known books, republished in juxtalinear translation (Latin-French or Italian-French). Liseux and Bonneau, both ex-priests, knew each other since seminary.
His books were published in small numbers, on high quality paper, and with excellent typography printed by Claude Motteroz, Antoine Bécus, and later Charles Unsinger.
Guillaume Apollinaire wrote: "Les publications de Liseux sont de plus en plus recherchées parce qu'elles sont correctes, belles et rares." (Le flaneur des deux rives, 1918)
List of publications
- 1892 "Hermaphrodite" by Antonio Beccadelli. He adds his French translation.
- 1875 Demoniality Or Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
- La Curiosité littéraire et bibliographique: Articles littéraires.
- Les Facéties de Pogge Florentin (1887)
- Traité de la conformité des merveilles anciennes avec les modernes, ou Traité prèparatif à l'apologie pour Hérodote (1879)
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