Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction is a 1869/1873 book by John Davenport in which the author provides an account of sexual rituals and symbols.[1]
| Authors | John Davenport |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | phallic worship, anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacs |
Publication date | 1869/1873 |
Publication
John Camden Hotten prepared the book for the press.[2] Dragana Đorđević believes the book to be backdated and argues that it was in fact printed in 1873 because "custom of back-dating a new text was as common in this business as the practice of up-dating an old one." 100 copies were advertised but 250 were actually printed.[3]
Reception
Steven Marcus regards it "with a certain amount of sympathy and respect."[3]
References
- Bull, Sarah (2017). "Reading, Writing, and Publishing an Obscene Canon: The Archival Logic of the Secret Museum, c. 1860–c. 1900". Book History. 20 (1): 226–257. doi:10.1353/bh.2017.0007. PMC 5989922. PMID 29888742.
- Aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs Three essays on the powers of reproduction; with some account of the judicial "congress" as practiced in France during the seventeenth century. Privately printed. 1869. OCLC 927755311.
- Đorđević, Dragana (May 2010). A Critical Study of John Camden Hotten and the Slang Dictionary (PDF). Texas A&M University.
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