THE LIBERTINE READER.
No. Hollywood: Brandon House, 1968. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good.
Item #17908
240pp. An anthology of four shorter erotic works from a period covering the 17th - 19th centuries: *[Catéchisme libertin] The Libertine’s Manual, translated by ‘L. E. LaBan’ [Lauraine Kirby]. Originally published in 1791, this work has been ascribed to Théroigne de Mericourt. **[Gamiani, ou Deux nuits d’excès] Gamiani, translated by L. E. LaBan. Usually ascribed to Alfred de Musset, Gamiani was first published in 1833. ***[Eve ressuscité, ou la Belle sans chemise] Angelique, translated by L. E. LaBan. First published in 1683. The authorship is uncertain. ****The Amatory Experiences of a Surgeon, a reissue of a late Victorian pornographic work by James Campbell Reddie, first published, posthumously, at London by the mysterious Lazenby with the burlesque imprint ‘Printed for the Nihilists, Moscow, 1881.’Description courtesy of Pat Kearney. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown. 3017.
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