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STYRUS, Fridericus. Manuscript book, titled 'Das Buch der Venus vulgivaga', ?Graz, Austria, ca.1910, in German, in black ink in a neat cursive hand, with ca. 165 gallant and erotic drawings, some full-page, in pen, ink and watercolours, 199 pages, 4to (300 x 160mm), index (occasional light marginal soiling), contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt edges (upper board dampstained).
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STYRUS, Fridericus. Manuscript book, titled 'Das Buch der Venus vulgivaga', ?Graz, Austria, ca.1910, in German, in black ink in a neat cursive hand, with ca. 165 gallant and erotic drawings, some full-page, in pen, ink and watercolours, 199 pages, 4to (300 x 160mm), index (occasional light marginal soiling), contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt edges (upper board dampstained).

Closed21 March 2012

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STYRUS, Fridericus. Manuscript book, titled 'Das Buch der Venus vulgivaga', ?Graz, Austria, ca.1910, in German, in black ink in a neat cursive hand, with ca. 165 gallant and erotic drawings, some full-page, in pen, ink and watercolours, 199 pages, 4to (300 x 160mm), index (occasional light marginal soiling), contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt edges (upper board dampstained).

AN EXTENSIVE, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED EROTIC MANUSCRIPT, considering diverse subjects with a light touch. The Newberry Library holds a similar, shorter manuscript (Vault Wing MS 138).