Sade

‘If there is Sade, censorship becomes impossible’ (Jean-Jacques Pauvert)
In 1949, Pauvert printed 2000 copies of Histoire de Juliette.
There were problems aplenty: with the police and with the bookshops who were reluctant to sell the book.
For a while, Pauvert produced clandestine editions of de Sade, without mention of the imprint. 
But progressively, Sade found readers in France and abroad.
In 1953, he launched La Nouvelle Justine and Les 120 journées de Sodome.
Nevertheless, in December 1956, to cut a long story short, Pauvert found himself in the dock of the 17th chambre correctionnelle in Paris.