flagellant (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The facts [of the History of Flagellation] are taken from Historia Flagellantium, by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau (John De Lolme)." Appears to be a reissue of the rather scarce 1888 edition. Increasingly hard to find in good condtion. Light toning to spine label, minimal toning to text block, a few leaves roughly opened, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards, cream paper labels, black ink lettering. 8vo. 80, 118pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing/Variant. First Edition, Second Printing/Variant. Hardcover. Early reprint, most likely for Avery (the original publisher). A renowned Victorian work on flogging and discipline, reprinted repeatedly. It quotes many extracts from "The Englishwoman?s Domestic Magazine," relating to the pros and cons of flogging girls. Other anecdotes include: ?Revelations of Boarding School Practices?; ?Flogging Girls?; ?Flogging with a Frying Pan'; ?Punishment of the Knout in Russia?; ?A Conjugal Scene?; the notorious case of ?Elizabeth Brownrigg?, who was executed for her excesses; and ?Flogging at Sea? "Similar in format and typography to the ?Phallic? series published about that time by George Redway?possibly by the same printer. This text was reprinted, c. 1935, line for line, different typeface, on rough wove or laid paper (chains vertical, sizes 192X125, 143X93; pp. 80)." [Bibliography of Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1885-1930]. Light shelf/edge wear, light soiling at spine, even toning to the textblock as is typical of the issue, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, white cloth spine, brown paper boards, title page in red and black ink, printed on glossy wove paper. Small 8vo. 80pp.