CURIOUS PLEASURES. A Gentleman s Collection of Beastliness. Being a Narrative of Mankin s Curious and Carnal Deeds and Practices; the Whole Forming a Valuable, Interesting and Instructive Compendium. Most Painstakingly Compiled.

Croom, The Rev d. Dr. Erasmus St. Jude. (Editor).

ISBN 10: 1905264135 / ISBN 13: 9781905264131

Published by Virgin Books, 2007., 2007

About this Item

1st edition. 8vo. viii + 295pp. B/w. illustrations from drawings. Original pictorial red boards lettered in gilt. Very good. ISBN 9781905264131 US$12.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CURIOUS PLEASURES. A Gentleman s Collection of Beastliness. Being a Narrative of Mankin s Curious and Carnal Deeds and Practices; the Whole Forming a Valuable, Interesting and Instructive Compendium. Most Painstakingly Compiled.
• Publisher: Virgin Books, 2007.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905264135
• ISBN 13: 9781905264131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • LITERATURE

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Synopsis

It has been rumored that the finest libraries in Victorian England kept this tome under lock and key, permitting access only to doctors and professors. Scotland yard had a copy in its reference library, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself may have been allowed access to this work. and there are some  who claim that this encyclopaedic treasure of erotic pleasures— still shocking today—would cause any woman who gazed upon it to faint.

Rumor or truth? Does it matter? This ironic, tongue-in-cheek look at the naughty sexual practices of Victorian England is at once hilarious and titillating, and as explicit as ever, and includes illustrations in the style of the time. With a design that leaves some wondering whether it isn’t indeed straight out of the 1890s, Curious Pleasures is as deliciously decadent as it once might have been.

About the Author

Details of Rev. Croom’s life remain a mystery. What is certain is that he knew his subject.