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Joannis Meursii Elegantiæ Latini sermonis, seu, Aloisia Sigæa Toletana, De arcanis amoris & Veneris, adjunctis fragmentis quibusdam eroticis

Author
Chorier, Nicolas, 1612-1692.
Preferred Title
Satyra sotadica. Latin.
Title
Joannis Meursii Elegantiæ Latini sermonis, seu, Aloisia Sigæa Toletana, De arcanis amoris & Veneris, adjunctis fragmentis quibusdam eroticis.
Format
Book
Edition
Editio accuratior, mendis innumeris purgata
Published
Birminghamiæ [i.e. France?] : Ex typis Nonnullius, 1770.
Description
2 v. (xxxviii, 296 p., [1] leaf of plates; [8], 285 p.) : 1 ill. ; 14 cm. (12mo in eights and fours)
Other contributors
Sigea, Luisa, 1530?-1560? spurious author. Meursius, Joannes, 1623-1653.
Notes
Commonly known as: Satyra sotadica. The attribution of the dialogues to Luisa Sigea and of their "translation" into Latin to Joannes Meursius were obfuscations on the part of the actual author, Nicolas Chorier. Cf. Pia, col. 322. Place of publication from BM. For censorship history see Bécourt, p. 52, and Libertine literature in England / David Foxon. Fiction. Censored book.
Contents
  • v. 1. Testimonium de Aloisia Sigæa Toletana Joannis Vasæi. Poemation [sic] de laudibus Aloisiæ. Summo viro Aloisia. Dialogues 1-6
  • v. 2. Monitum lectori. Dialogue 7. Fragmenta aliquot erotica.
References
BM, 1966-70, v. 16, col. 1041. Ria, col. 328. BM lacks v. 2.
Kinsey subjects
Extramarital sex behavior--Female. Premarital sex education--Female. Chastity belts--Female.

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
843.5 C55 s2L 1770 v.1
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute
Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
843.5 C55 s2L 1770 v.2
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute