donderdag 25 juni 2009

Erotic Alphabets

Today I will bring you two erotic alphabets. The first one is a scan of a copy-print.
I found it in a Dutch Erotic Encyclopedia, but you can also find it in:


"Aphrodisiacs, An Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom" Guild Publishing, London 1990


The second one is:


Animerotics: A Forbidden Cabaret in 26 Acts (short story by Wendy Ice & David Delamare).

In 1894 wealthy eccentric Alphonse Zukor shocked European society by mounting an illegal underground cabaret--an alphabetic series of erotic acts featuring beautiful nude women and exotic animals. The bizarre performances changed the world by attracting and influencing such luminaries as Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud, and Igor Stravinksy. In this lavish volume, artist David Delamare deftly recreates each of the cabaret's darkly alluring show cards. A living mermaid, a fire breathing tiger tamer, the knife throwing Donatello twins, and a Houdini inspired escape from an octopus tank are just a few of the twenty-six seductive acts captured in these sensual sepia tone paintings. An expert showman, Delamare spins a fantastical tale of creative obsession and singular vision to lure audience members into his own smoky kaleidoscopic world. At curtain's close they are left wondering whether they've witnessed an actual slice of history or an artist's sleight of hand.

I once had a set of HiRes images, but after my hard drive once crashed I now only have an A4 print of the image above, nevertheless I have been cutting it into pieces and gave the letters a caption, partially original (from the author), partially due to my own analysis.


A = Alligator - Eat or be Eaten

B = Bear - The Harmonium Machine

C = Cat - Fine Button Dance

D = Dog - The Cunning Roger Arliss

E = Elephant - The Empire Pavillon

F = Fish - Fishbone Elixir

G = Giraffe - Ghost Latitudes

H = Hawk - Lo & Behold

I = Ibex - Betulix & Betuleen

J = Jaguar - Entertaining Miss Leslie

K = Kangaroo - Bee & Butterfly

L = Lemur - Elmo & The Body Electric

M = Monkey - Monkey Skull Bone Daddie

N = Narwhal - The Salt Meridian

O = Octopus - The Bordini Cabinet

P = Pig - Circe

Q = Quail - The Donatello Twins

R = Rabbit - Aerial Renondo

S = Snake - Snake Eyes

T = Tiger - Tooth & Nail

U = Unicorn - Skimble-Skamble

V = Vampire bat - Red


W = Wolf - That Ol' Devil Moon

X = X-ray eel


Y = Yak - Thread


Z = Zebra - Voyage à Cythère

The End

woensdag 24 juni 2009

Orion: "Sex zu Zweit" 1988



The "Christine Le Duc" Erotic Shops Chain published a series of booklets (15x10cm ca, 6x4") labeled Orion. The size allows you to keep it in your inside pocket, so really a "pocket book" you can take with you to the men's (or ladies'!) room.
The oldest I have is of 1988 and is called "Sex zu Zweit," Sex the two of them/us?;).
This first one had 110 (!) pages in it, I scanned the double pages for you. Enjoy them.