The chariot of Venus
The Venus Chariot was a book series by Fritz Gurlitt Verlag in Berlin . Between 1919 and 1920, the gallery owner and publisher Wolfgang Gurlitt initiated this “collection of erotic private prints” published by Alfred Richard Meyer . A total of nine volumes, some of which were very lavishly furnished (including original graphics), were brought onto the market in small numbers (approx. 500 copies per volume).
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Illustration from The Chariot of Venus (1781) by Lovis Corinth
- Friedrich Schiller : The Chariot of Venus (1781) . 1919 (illustrated by Lovis Corinth ).
- Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy : Sappho or the lesbians ("Sappho ou les lesbiennes"). 1920 (illustrated by Otto Schoff ; translated by Balduin Möllhausen ).
- Panchatantra . Fables from the Indian love life . 1919 (illustrated by Richard Janthur ).
- Alfred Richard Meyer : The Aldegrever Girl. A novella . 1920 (illustrated by Georg Walter Rössner).
- Balduin Möllhausen: The murder in the chestnut grove or The uneventful wedding night (freely based on Henry de Kock; illustrated by Franz Christophe).
- Heinrich Lautensack : Erotic votive tablets . 1919 (illustrated by Willi Jaeckel ).
- The royal orgy or the Austrian in a good mood. An opera (“L'Autrichienne enquoquette ou l'orgie royale”). 1919 (illustrated by Paul Scheurich ; translated by Engelbert Nern).
- Wilhelm Heinse : The cherries . 1920 (illustrated by Wilhelm Wagner).
- Joris Karl Huysmans : Gilles de Rais ("La magie en Poitou"). 1919 (illustrated by Willi Geiger ; translated by August Döppner).
Individual evidence
- ↑ published by a bodyguard on the day of freedom of the press; set to music by the queen
Web links
Commons : The Chariot of Venus - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files