The manual of classical erotology (de figuris Veneris) : literally translated from the Latin embellished with 20 original illustrations
Forberg, Friedrich Karl,1770-1848.
Hirsch, Charles.
Paris : [s.n.,]
1907.
Author's name precedes title on title page.
"Five hundred copies of this work have been printed" (printed on verso of half-title).
Limited edition of 100 copies (from title page).
This edition may be a fictitious imprint: produced by Charles Hirsch in Paris in the 1920's? Cf. Davis, W., Homoerotic Art Collection (Art Hist, 24 (2001), 247-277), p. 249 and note.
Latin original text first published in 1824 as a supplement to the author's ed. of Antonio Beccadelli's Hermaphroditus.
Title page printed in red and black; text printed in black surrounded by borders in red.
The original paper covers have been bound into the volume.
Erotic literature.
Sex customs
Sex customs