"The plague of Lust, Being a history of veneral disease in classical antiquity, detailed investigations into the cult of Venus, Phallic Worship, Brothels, ... Paederastia and othe sexual perversions,.... by Dr. Julius Rosenbaum. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1901."

25 x 15 cm., twee delen, herbonden in blauw marmerpapier, gedrukt op zwaar gevergeerd papier met schepranden, in schuifdoosje, onafgesneden.

XXXV plus 297 plus 342 blz., inclusief index, plus enkele bladzijden reclame voor andere erotische titels van deze uitgever. Gedrukt bij Thieme in Nijmegen. Oplage van 500 genummerde exemplaren, voorbehouden voor beroepsmensen. Uitvoerige studie van geslachtszieken en alle mogelijke sexuele praktijken in de Griekse en Romeinse Oudheid. Vertaling uit het originele Duits, dat zeven herdrukken kende. Ook deze Engelse vertaling werd herhaaldelijk herdrukt.

"Charles Carrington (1857–1921) was a leading British publisher of erotica in late-19th- and early-20th-century Europe. Born Paul Harry Ferdinando in Bethnal Green, England on 11 November 1867, he moved in 1895 from London to Paris where he published and sold books in the rue Faubourg Montmartre and rue de Chateaudun; for a short period he moved his activities to Brussels. Carrington also published works of classical literature, including the first English translation of Aristophanes' "Comedies," and books by famous authors such as Oscar Wilde and Anatole France, in order to hide his "undercover" erotica publications under a veil of legitimacy. He published a French series La Flagellation a Travers le Monde mainly on English flagellation, identifying it as an English predilection. Carrington went blind as a result of syphilis and the last few years of his life were spent in poverty as his mistress stole his valuable collection of rare books. He was placed in a lunatic asylum and died in 1921 at Ivry-sur-Seine, France." (Wikipedia)