Venus and Tannhäuser
Subtitle: the story of Venus and Tannhäuser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, goddess and meretrix under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place, his repentance, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain
By: Aubrey Beardsley
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bracken Books
Published: August 1985
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780946495405
Other titles: The story of Venus and Tannhäuser
First sentence: THE Chevalier Tannhauser, having lighted off his horse, stood doubtfully for a moment beneath the ombre gateway of the Venusberg, troubled with an exquisite fear lest a day's travel should have too cruelly undone the laboured niceness of his dress.
Notes: 1st publ.: London : Smithers, 1907. - Publ. before in The Yellow Book.
A portion of this work has been previously printed ... with the title Under the hill."--Foreword.