Bibliotheca arcana seu Catalogus librorum penetralium being brief notices of books that have been secretly printed, prohibited by law, seized, anathematised, burnt or bowdlerised /
Clowes, W. Laird(William Laird),Sir,1856-1905.
Speculator Morum
M'Clellan, John B.,Revd.,author of preface.
Keiller, Alexander,1889-1955,former owner.
Rose, Albert,former owner.
London : George Redway,
1885.
Anonymous. Author's name from comparison with BL copy and handwritten note on title page.
Includes index.
"First series. Part I."
No more published.
Preface by Speculator Morum [i.e. Revd. John B. M'Clellan according to a handwritten note on title page].
Interleaved copy with notes in Alexander Keiller's and A;lfred Rose's hands
With extensive handwritten notes on verso of first and recto of second front free endpaper and at the end by Alexander Keiller and Alfred Rose, and with original correspondence between George Redway and Alfred Rose and other material tipped in at the end.
Erotic literature
Prohibited books