331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pleasures taken -- Erotic melancholia -- Erotic faith -- The seductress and the bluestocking -- Men together -- The grove of the evangelist -- Cannibals and other lovers of men -- Feasting with panthers -- Collectors and pornographers -- The science of sex -- Burton's exotica -- Cabinets of curiosity.