SEX & SEXUALITY, 1640-1940

Literary, Medical and Sociological Perspectives

Parts 3 and 4: Erotica, 1650-1900, from the Private Case Collection at the British Library, London

Contents of Reels - Part 3

REEL 1

Sinibaldus, (Giovanni Bendetto) 1594-1654
The Cabinet of Venus Unlocked 1657-58
Publisher: P Briggs
P.C.23.a.8 (Orig.P.C. 20.a.)

Ragionamenti (Pietro Aretino) published together with La Puttana Errante 1660
Publisher: Jan Elzevier
52.k.22

Satyra Sotadica (Nicolas Chorier) 1665
P.C. 30.i.13

REEL 2

L'escole des Filles, ou la Philosophie des dames (Michel Millot) 1668
P.C. 29.a.16

(La Rettorica delle puttane) The Whores Rhetorick 1683
Publisher: George Shell
P.C. 23.a.10

Fifteen Real Comforts of Matrimony 1683
12315.aa.29

Erotopolis. The present state of Betty-Land
(Charles Cotton)1684
P.C. 27.b.37

Venus dans le cloitre (Jean Barrin) 1692
Publisher: Durand
P.C. 31.d.4

The Fifteen Comforts of Rash and Inconsiderate Marriage 1694
8415.aaa.33

The Ladies Choice, A Poem 1702
c.142.bb.6

REEL 3

The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony 1706
1076.l.22

The Fifteen Comforts of Cuckoldom 1706
1076.l.22

The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head 1707
1076.l.22

The Maid's Vindication, or the Fifteen Comforts of living a Single Life 1707
1076.l.22

Love's Catechism 1707
1076.l.22

The Fifteen Pleasures of a Virgin 1709
1076.l.22

Gonosologium Novum (Marten) 1709
1175.e.1

Treatise of the Use of Flogging in Venereal Affairs 1718
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C.20.a.23

Treatise on Hermaphrodites 1718
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C 20.a.23

The Nightly Sports of Venus; or, the Pleasures of Coition 1721
Cup.804.k.10

(Venus dans le cloitre, etc.) English translation 1725
Edmund Curll
P.C. 25.a.93

The History of Colonel Francis Charteris (Ch-rtr-s) 1730
1508/1061

The Natural History of the Tree of Life 1732
Cup.700.m.87

Wisdom Revealed 1732
P.C. 22.b.18

Love in all its shapes (Eng trans) 1734
Cup.800.b.32

Kick Him Jenny. A Tale (in verse) 1737
Publisher: W France
P.C. 26.a.II

Little Merlin's Cave with A Riddle of a Paradoxical Character of an Hairy Monster 1737
Publisher: T Reid
P.C 31.l.23

The Surprise , or The Gentleman Turned Apothecary 1739
P.C.19.a.14

Dialogue between a Married Lady and a Maid, translation of Chorier 1740
P.C. 16.h.1

The New Epicurean 1740
P.C. 31.g.27

A New Description of Merryland 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C. 17.a.42

REEL 4

Arbor Vitae: or, The Natural History of the Tree of Life 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C. 25.b.17

The Potent Ally 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C.20.b.7/ 2

Merryland Displayed; or, Plageirism, Ignorance,and Impudence, detected 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C. 20.b.7/3

Consummation: or The Rape of Adonis 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C. 20.b.7/4

The Natural History of the Frutex Vulvaria or Flowering Shrub 1741
Publisher: Edmund Curll
P.C. 20.b.7/5

Teague-Root Displayed 1746
Publisher: W Webb
P.C.20.b.7/6

(Histoire de Dom B..) The Life and Adventures of Father Silas (with plates) 1742/1907
Publisher: Charles Hirsch ?
P.C. 13.g.31

A Short Description of Roads which lead to that Delightful Country called Merryland subjoined Histories of the Gallantry of Bettyland and The Pleasures of Coition 1743
Publisher: Edmund Curll
C.108.bbb.67(1)

The Female Husband (Fielding) 1746
c.71.h.12

A Spy on Mother Midnight 1748
Publisher: E Penn
P.C. 17.b.39

Therese Philosophe (Jean-Baptiste Argens) 1748
Publisher: A La Haye
P.C. 30.f.24

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland) 1749
Publisher: Parker
P.C. 27.a.44

REEL 5

A Short Account of Catherine Vizzani 1751
1174.c.21

Memoirs of a Coxcomb (John Cleland) 1885 edition 1751
12611.b.28

Selected Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset 1757/1884
Publisher: Edward Avery ?
P.C. 26.b.14

A New Atalantis for the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty eight 1758
P.C. 23.b.11

The Hours of Love, The Pleasures of a Single Life and Ode to the Hon Harry Fox
(Sir John Dillon)1760?
1473.a.3

La Pucelle D'Orleans (Voltaire)1761
P.C.31.c.8

REEL 6

The Why and the Wherefore (Il Libro Del Perche )1765
P.C. 27.b.10

An Essay on Onanism (M. Tissot) 1772
1482.b.3

The Noble Cuckolds; or, The Pleasures of a Single Life 1772
1493.w.27

Mimosa, or The Sensitive Plant (James Perry) 1779
Publisher: W Sandwich
P.C. 31.l.16

Errotika Biblion 1783
P.C.15.df.1

Ma Conversion (with plates) 1783
Publisher: Zacharie Malassis
P.C. 30.b.4

New Crazy Tales Printed at Crazy Castle (Earl Hadding) 1783
P.C.23.b.19/1

Monstrous Good Things! (poems)1785
printed at Crazy Castle
P.C. 23.b.19/2

REEL 7

Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies 1788-90,
P.C. 22.a.12-151793

Les Amours de Charlot et Toinette 1789
P.C. 31.d.34

The Honest Fellow 1790
P.C. 31.g.28

Veneres Uti Observantur in Gemmis Antiquis (with plates)1790
P.C. 31.f.7

Modern Propensities; or an essay on the Art of Strangling with Memoirs of Susannah Hill 1791?
Publisher: J Dawson
1414.f.32

REEL 8

The Bon Ton Magazine Vols 2 and 4 1792-95
Cup.820.m.22

The Bacchanalian Magazine (songs with music) 1793
P.C. 30.k.23

REEL 9

Histoire de Juliette (Marquis de Sade) with plates 1794, 1797
P.C. 14.ee.21 Vols 1-5

REEL 10

Justine (Marquis de Sade) Vols 1-2 1794
P.C. 30.a.2

Hilaria. The Festive Board 1798
P.C. 18.a.9

Amors Experimantalphysikalisches Taschenbuch (with plates) 1798
P.C. 31.i.12

REEL 11

A New Collection of Trials for Adultery Vols 1-2 (with plates) 1799, 1802
P.C. 19.a.11

Songs by Captain Morris 1800
P.C. 31.g.22

La Philosophie dans le Boudoir (Marquis de Sade) Vol 21800
P.C. 31.c.21a

Select Poems on Several Occasions 1824
P.C. 20.a.4

La Masturbomanie 37 plates 1830
P.C. 31.a.35

The Duchess of Portsmouth's Garland (poems) 1837
Publisher: James Maidment
P.C. 20.b.5

REEL 12

The Exquisite (Vols 1-3) 1842-44
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 20.b.I-3

REEL 13

The Secret Companion, A Medical Work on Onanism and Self-Pollution (R.J Brodie) 1845
1172.c.10

On The Use of Night-Caps 1845
Publisher: William Dugdale ?
P.C. 30.a.33

The Cremorne A Magazine of Wit Nos 1-3 1851
Publisher: Edward Avery
P.C. 31.k.15

Amours, Intrigues and Adventures of a Musical Student 1860
Publisher: William Dugdale
Cup. 805.b.7

REEL 14

The Exhibition of Female Flagellants 1860
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 31.g.29

The Singular Life...of the Earl of Rochester….1860
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 31.f.24

The Rambler's Flash Songster, The Flash Chaunter, The Cuckold's Nest, The Cockchafer, 1863
Publisher: William West
P.C. 31.g.20/1-4

The Festival of the Passions 1863
Publisher: Andrew White
P.C. 27.b.20

Don Leon; a Poem by the late Lord Byron…1866
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 30.h.6

The New Ladies' Tickler (Edward Sellon?) (with plates) 1866
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 13.a.13

The Adventures of a Schoolboy (James Reddie) (with plates) 1866
Publisher: William Dugdale
P.C. 13.a.I

REEL 15

The Index Expurgatorius of Martial (Marcus Valerius) 1868
P.C. 31.f.18

The Merry Order of St. Bridget (James G Bertram) 1868
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 27.b.4

The Odalisque (with plates) 1868?
P.C. 31.g.24

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction 1869
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C.19.a.3

Intrigues and Confession of a Ballet Girl 1870
Publisher: Rozez & Co.
P.C. 31.h.21

The Romance of Chastisement (George Stock) 1870
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 27.b.3

REEL 16

Letters Addressed to the Editor of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine 1870
P.C. 30.l.13

An Essay on Woman (John Wilkes) 1871
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 18.b.8

Lady Bumtickler's Revels 1872
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 31.e.18/3

Madame Birchini's Dance 1872
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 31.e.18/5

Pretty Little Games for Young Ladies and Gentlemen 1872
(Thomas Rowlandson) 1845 (with plates)
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 31.f.8

Sublime of Flagellation: In Letters from Lady Termagant Flaybum 1872
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 31.e.18/6

Fashionable Lectures 1873
Publisher: J C Hotten
P.C. 31.e.18/7

The Romance of Lust; or, Early Experiences Vols 1-4 1873-76
P.C. 31.g.32

REEL 17

Letters From a Friend in Paris Vols 1-2 1874
Publisher: Edward Avery?
P.C. 31.h.18

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