''Fashionable Lectures: Composed and Delivered with Birch Discipline'' 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,

book originally published in the 18th century and republished by

John Camden Hotten John Camden Hotten (12 September 1832, Clerkenwell – 14 June 1873, Hampstead) was an English bibliophile and publisher. He is best known for his clandestine publishing of numerous erotic and pornographic titles. Life Hotten was born John Wi ...

as volume 7 of his series ''

The Library Illustrative of Social Progress ''The Library Illustrative of Social Progress'' was a series of pornographic books published by John Camden Hotten around 1872 (falsely dated 1777). They were mainly reprints of eighteenth-century pornographic works on flagellation. Hotten claimed ...

'' around 1872 (falsely dated 1777).Ashbee (1877) pp.257-258 Hotten claimed to have found them in the library of

Henry Thomas Buckle Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862) was an English historian, the author of an unfinished ''History of Civilization'', and a strong amateur chess player. He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History". Early life ...

(1821–1862) but

Henry Spencer Ashbee Henry Spencer Ashbee (21 April 1834 – 29 July 1900)(Walter) was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer. He is notable for his massive, clandestine three-volume bibliography of erotic literature published under the pseudonym of Pisanus F ...

claimed that they were in fact from his collection.Ashbee (1877) pp.240-241 The first edition was published around 1750 and again with illustrations by William Holland in the 1780s. The theme of the work is

flagellation Flagellation (Latin , 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on ...

by dominant women in positions of authority. It promoted the names of ladies offering the service in a lecture room with rods and

cat o' nine tails The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whip or flail that originated as an implement for severe physical punishment, notably in the Royal Navy and British Army, and as a Judicial corporal punishment, jud ...

.''Fashionable Lectures Composed and Delivered with Birch Discipline'' (c1761) British Library Rare Books collection

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