Amours secrètes d'un gentleman

Despite the publication date, Amours secrètes d'un gentleman is in fact a clandestine volume produced circa 1955 by celebrated French pornographer Eric Losfeld (1922-1979).

Although not credited as such in the publication, the work is a translation of a British novel, The New Epicurean, or the Delight of Sex (1865) by Charles Sackeville (pseudonym of Edward Sellon, 1816-1866). A French edition first appeared in 1890.

The book follows the picaresque erotic exploits of the eponymous gentleman. Among the chapters is "Les Deux lesbiennes," in which the gentleman enjoys a mutually consensual adventure with a lesbian couple.

The edition offered here was banned as obscene in France in November 1955; with changes in the law since the 1980s, the work no longer faces legal restriction.

NOTE: Leaves entirely unopened; extended margins of wraps somewhat creased; very slight soiling.