Hetärengeschichten
Hardcover
1902 · Leipzig
by Heymann, Robert
Leipzig: Hermann Dege, 1902. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 132pp. Gold and black decorated blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore- and bottom page edges. Decorated endpapers. Rare edition of with 16 short erotic stories by Robert Heymann. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of vignettes and drawings. Age wear and staining on binding, heavy spotting on spine. Tail of spine bumped. Hinges starting. Text in German, Gothic script. Binding in fair, interior in very good condition. Scarce edition of this, at the time, controversial work. Contents: Vorwort / Die Jungfrauen von Amathunt / Das Gastmahl des Properz / Die Buhlerin Rhodopis / Chloe / Das Urteil der beiden Paris / Die Gesandten aus Arkadien / Die Philosophie des Aristippos / Sappho / Die arme Acco / Der getäuschte Faun / Hipparcha und der Hund / Marcia / Die Hektäre / Bacchis / Die Märe von den lieben Jungfrauen / Die Pyramide /. (Inventory #: 22209)