De figuris Veneris

Not to be confused with De omnibus Veneris Schematibus.
De figuris Veneris
Cover of De figuris Veneris
AuthorFriedrich Karl Forberg
IllustratorÉdouard-Henri Avril
Cover artistÉdouard-Henri Avril
LanguageLatin and Greek
translated to German, English, French, Spanish
Publication date
1824
Publication placeGermany

De figuris Veneris (On the figures of Venus) is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist Friedrich Karl Forberg in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to Antonio Beccadelli's (1394–1471) Hermaphroditus (commonly referred to as Antonii Panormitae Hermaphroditus), an erotic poem sequence of 1425 in Renaissance Latin, though it was later also published as a separate work.

Forberg's work was later also translated into English in 1899 and published by Charles Carrington as De figuris Veneris, Manual of classical erotology,[1] and again in 1907 by Charles Hirsch,[2] and into French, German and Spanish. The French edition by Alcide Bonneau was titled Manuel d’érotologie classique. One French edition of 1906 was illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril, which concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions.[3] Most of the editions were restricted to high society or censored; one of the copies edited in France was immediately deposited on the secret shelves of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Spanish translation was titled Manual de erótica clásica.

In Robert A. Heinlein's last novel, To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987), Dr Ira Johnson uses the book for sexual education. Later, Maureen Johnson does the same.

Illustrations

  • Plate II from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate II from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate I from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate I from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate VI: "Aloisio then bends over my butt-cheeks, brings the javelin close to the rear gate, he pushes, he strikes, then, with a violent effort, he sticks it in."
    Plate VI: "Aloisio then bends over my butt-cheeks, brings the javelin close to the rear gate, he pushes, he strikes, then, with a violent effort, he sticks it in."
  • Socrates and Alcibiades
    Socrates and Alcibiades
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate XVII from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate XVII from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate XI from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate XI from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate XV from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate XV from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Sappho having sex with her lover (girlfriend) on the beaches of Lesbos, as mermaids play in the background.
    Sappho having sex with her lover (girlfriend) on the beaches of Lesbos, as mermaids play in the background.
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate X from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate X from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Hadrian and Antinous in Egypt. Plate VII from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Hadrian and Antinous in Egypt. Plate VII from "De Figuris Veneris"
  • Plate XVIII from "De Figuris Veneris"
    Plate XVIII from "De Figuris Veneris"

References and sources

  1. ^ Thomas, Donald (1969). A Long Time Burning: the History of Literary Censorship in England. Taylor & Francis. p. 284. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  2. ^ Camille, Michael; Rifkin, Adrian (2001). Other Objects of Desire: collectors and collecting queerly. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-631-23361-X.
  3. ^ Turner, James (2003). Schooling Sex: libertine literature and erotic education in Italy, France, and England, 1534–1685. Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 0-19-925426-5.

Bibliography

Media related to Avril's illustrations to De figuris Veneris at Wikimedia Commons

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