Eros Revived. Erotica of the Enlightenment in England and America by Wagner, Peter - 1988

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in original brown paper-covered boards and near fine price-clipped pictorial dust jacket.. Small quarto. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 498 pp. With 93 black & white reproductions of photographs and drawings.

London Secker & Warburg 1988 1988. Hardcover, 498 pages, English, 240 x 170 mm, book is in perfect condition, with illustrations in b/w,. ISBN 9780436560514. Eros Revived: Erotica of the Enlightenment in England and America Wagner, Peter The eighteenth century was a turning point in the history of erotica. Wagner shows us the whole sprectrum of erotic art and writing throughout this time, from the scandalous pamphleteering of revolutionaries to the sly know-wingless of cartoonists portraying the social life of the day. Using over a hundred illustrations from the period! This book will be an unparalleled work of study and reference.

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London; Secker & Warburg, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 498 pages ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-478) and index. Contents; 1. Medical and para-medical literature: 1. The sex guides. 2. The literature on masturbation. 3. Freaks and kinky sex. 4. The science of sexology -- 2. Anti-religious erotica: 1. Libertinism in Britain. 2. Erotica against the Church of England and dissenters. 3. Erotica against the Roman Catholic Church -- 3. Anti-aristocratic erotica: 1. French anti-aristocratic erotica. 2. French �migr� writers in London. 3. English anti-aristocratic erotica -- 4. Trial reporters and 'criminal conversation': 1. Crime and sex. 2. 'Criminal conversation' literature -- 5. Matrimony and the war of the sexes: 1. Prostitution. 2. The cuckold as literary figure. 3. Matrimony -- 6. Poetry and… Read More

London, U.K: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.