THE MERRY ORDER OF ST. BRIDGET Personal Recollections of the Use of the Rod. York: Printed for the Author’s Friends 1857.
iv + 237pp. Vignette t.p. Hinges cracked, very lightly soiled cloth with sm. split to head of lower joint, sl. chipped paper title label to spine.
£20.00 [ref: 174436]
OEUVRES. De ... Paris Chez Janet et Cotelle 1823.
[iv] + v + 420pp. Engraved frontis., additional engraved t.p., 1 engraved plate in three states, 9 engraved plates. Marbled e.ps., bound by Guzin in gilt rule edged half morocco with marbled boards, dec. gilt ruled raised bands with intricate gilt dec. compartments and gilt lettering to spine, minor wear to edges, a.e.g.
Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard (1708–1775), called Gentil-Bernard by Voltaire for the measured grace of his discreetly erotic verses, was a French military man and salon poet with the reputation of a rake, the author of several libretti for Rameau. Mme de Pompadour arranged to have him appointed a royal librarian, at the Château de Choisy.
£85.00 [ref: 198724]
EROTIK DES ORIENTS. Bücher des Lebens Teufen (Ar) 1957.
1st Ed. 261pp. + [i]. Many plates. D/w. lacking portions.
£12.00 [ref: 163799]
THE MEMOIRS. Venetian Years. Paris and Prison. The Eternal Quest. Adventures in the South. In London and Moscow. Spanish Passions. The first complete and unabridged English translation by Arthur Machen. Illustrated with old engravings. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Elek N.d. c.[1955].
6 vols. Many ills. Prize winning bookplates, hinges occasionally sl. tender, original cloth with gilt to spine, occasional damp spotting, chipped d/ws. lightly browned & soiled.
£75.00 [ref: 155412]
ILLUSTRIERTE SITTENGESCHICHTE vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Renaissance; Das bürgerliche Zeitalter; Die galante Zeit; Renaissance Ergänzungsband; Das bürgerliche Zeitalter Ergänzungsband; Die galante Zeit Ergänzungsband; Albert Langen ... München N.d. c.[1909-12].
6 vols. Sm. 4to. 2392 text ills., 296 plates including many cold. Some very light marginal browning, front f.e.ps. adhered at hinge in vol. 3., original gilt lettered cloth, some fading to spines and edges, tail of spine of 1 vol. sl. split, some fraying.
£150.00 [ref: 177128]
LE CENTRE DE L’AMOUR (Polissonneries du Bon Vieux Temps). Emblèmes XVIIe Siècle - Tabatières XVIIIe Siècles. Introduction et Notes par ... Paris: Albin Michel ... N.d. c.[1905].
199pp. 98 ills. French text. Margins lightly browned with some occasional spotting, prelims. spotted, original wrapps. bound in, marbled e.ps., rebound in half morocco with sl. rubbed cloth boards, upper leading corner of upper board sl. bumped, very sl. surface worming to tail of lower joint, raised bands and gilt title to spine, t.e.g.
£125.00 [ref: 185837]
DE SODOMIA Tractatus In quo exponitur doctrina nova de Sodomia foeminarum a Tribadismo distincta. Texte Latin et Traduction Française. Paris Bibliotheque et Traduction Française 1912.
Reprint. 16mo. 193pp. Parallel texts in French and Latin. Partially unopened. Original japon wrappered wrapps., some soiling and browning, spine very sl. chipped.
No. 907 of a Limited Edition of 1210 Copies.
Le Coffret du bibliophile.
Ludovico Maria Sinistrari d'Ameno (1622-1701) was an Italian Franciscan, advisor to the Tribunal of the Holy Inquisition in Rome and author of De Delictis et Poenis Tractatus Absolutissimus (which featured the chapter De Sodomia) and Demoniality Or Incubi and Succubi.
£60.00 [ref: 202512]
