Erotica.- Flagellation.- Meibom (Johann Heinrich) A Treatise on the use of flogging in venereal affairs: also of the office of the loins and reins, engraved frontispiece, lower margin of title trimmed away, final leaf with short tear within text and remains of previous blue paper binding verso, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, modern marbled wrappers, small 8vo, Henry Smith [i.e. William Dugdale], 37, Holywell Street, [c.1850].

⁂ Rare. The book collector and bibliographer Henry Spencer Ashbee described the publisher Dugdale (1800-1868) as 'one of the most prolific publishers of filthy books'. He was one of the main targets of the Obscene Publications Act of 1857. Yet, despite numerous police raids on his shops and spending many years in prison, he remained in the book trade for over forty years.