Erotica. The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, and the Kisses of Johannes Secundus. Literally Translated, and Accompanied By Poetical versions from Various Sources. To Which are Added the Love Epistles of Aristaenetus.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. Good. Item #002362
xi, 500 p.p. Ex-library copy, library stamp to half title and library rules slip tipped in on rear pastedown. Endpapers have ads for Bohn's Standard Library volumes. Blue cloth boards with blind tooled border and elaborate publisher's device to boards, gilt titling to spine. Sunned at spine. Bumping to spine ends, wear to joints, edges and corners, rubbing and light staining to boards. Roughly cut edges. Hinges reinforced with archival tape. Foxing throughout, but text is clean and marked. An early edition of this collection of four varied authors writing in both prose and verse about sex and love.
Price: $100.00