Brusendorff, Ove and Poul Henningsen; translated by H.B. Ward
Love's Picture Book: The History of Pleasure and Moral Indignation, Complete in Four Volumes: Volume I, II, III and IV
Copenhagen, Denmark, Veta Publishers, 1959. First English Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the personal library of the noted bibliographer and book scout, literary sleuth and erotophile, Gershon Legman, as conveyed to me by his fabulous widow, Judith Legman, also daughter of the master printer Henry Evans. Stated First English Edition in each case. Bright red, glossy paper wraps in gate-fold, with black-and-white photographs of the two authors inside front and rear flaps. Printed and illustrated. Tightly bound interiors, clean but for some scattered foxing at endpapers, dissipating quickly, unmarked and replete with hundreds of black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Volume I: from the days of classic Greece until the French Revolution, [4], 5-159 pp.; Volume II: from the French Revolution to the Present Time, [4], 5-159 pp.; Volume III: Exotic Horizons, [4], 5-159 pp.; Volume IV: Eroticism in a New Light, [4], 5-159 pp. All in, a fine exemplar of a scarce item in complete state.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Keywords: erotica sexuality pleasure European history morality immorality Ove Brusendorff Poul Henningsen art history paintings vice