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The Erotika Biblion Society General Germany was a
The Erotika Biblion Society General Germany was a pornographic
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults,
publishing imprint in Victorian London formed by Harry Sidney Nichols
Harry Sidney Nichols (14 August 1865 – 30 November 1941) was an English publisher of erotica.
Nichols was born in Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of glass merchant William Nichols and his wife, Mary Hartley Nichols. He went into business as ...
and Leonard Smithers in 1898. They formed their name from the 1898 nonfiction treatise of the saint name under the penmanship of the Comte de Mirabeau
''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus'').
Comte or Comté may refer to:
* A count in French, from Latin ''comes''
* A ...
. One of their most notable publications was ''Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal
''Teleny, or, The Reverse of the Medal'', is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893. The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a consensus that it was an ensemble effort, but it has often been attributed to Oscar Wilde. S ...
'', thought to have been written by Oscar Wilde. The venture ended in 1907, after the death of Smithers.Nelson (2000) p.203
Publications
* VOISENON, laude-Henri de FuséeAbbé de. ''Fairy Tales''. Translated by R. B. Douglas. Illustrated With and Etched Frontispiece by Will Rothenstein. Athens ondon1895.See also
*List of pornographic book publishers
This list contains notable publishing organizations (past and present) and imprints that specialize in pornographic books.
* Black Lace, an erotic imprint with solely female authors.
*Circlet Press, a publisher of science fiction and fantasy erotic ...
References
* James G. Nelson, ''Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson'', Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, or in England & Europe Rivendale Press * Patrick J. Kearney, ''A history of erotic literature'', Macmillan, 1982, , pp. 151–153 * Jon R. Godsall, ''The Tangled Web: A Life of Sir Richard Burton'', Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2008, , p. 398 * John Sutherland, ''The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction'', Stanford University Press, 1990, , p. 591. Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Erotic publishers Publishing companies established in 1888 1900 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1888 establishments in the United Kingdom {{publishing-stub