French school, ca. 1815. Series of twelve erotic colour gouaches

depicting couples in luxurious interiors, all approx. 20 x 16.5 cm, on thick paper lvs mounted on old laid paper, in fine later red mor. album w. gilt-lettered "Gouaches érotiques" on ribbed spine, gilt edges, 4to. The mounts a bit foxed and w. tape remnants in margins. First free endpaper loose.

Splendid series of explicit gouaches, each depicting a man and a woman engaged in var. erotic actions and set in lavishly furnished rooms.