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).
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).

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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).

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