Complete set in three volumes.
Limited edition of 331 copies, the first 31 of which are specially bound, numbered, and signed.
Hardcover, publisher’s grey cloth with blind embossed lettering to front cover and spine, size 352 × 255 × 50 mm each volume, sewn binding.
Pictorial dust jackets: Volume 1 (pink), Volume 2 (lilac), Volume 3 (green).
Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated in colour throughout.
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Volume 1: pp. [1–12] 13–363 [1]; catalogue items 1–274.
Contents: Acknowledgements (p. 6), Preface (p. 13), Catalogue (p. 21), Select Bibliography (p. 355), Online Resources (p. 359), Author & Artist Index (p. 360), Title & Category Index (p. 362). -
Volume 2: pp. [1–9] 10–363 [1]; catalogue items 275–578.
Contents: Acknowledgements (p. 4), Catalogue (p. 9), Select Bibliography (p. 355), Online Resources (p. 359), Author & Artist Index (p. 360), Title & Category Index (p. 362). -
Volume 3: pp. [1–8] 9–364; catalogue items 579–852.
Contents: Acknowledgements (p. 4), Catalogue (p. 9), Select Bibliography (p. 355), Online Resources (p. 359), Author & Artist Index (p. 360), Title & Category Index (p. 362).
Contributors:
Author: Casimir Cavalcadour.
Designer: Cedric Caramara.
Photographer: Heidi Jean-Götze.
Reproduction: Roger Hérisson.
Editing: Charlotte Cockburn.
ISBN: 978-1-5272-3950-0 (three-volume set).
Note:
The name “Prosper de la Pastanade” is a pseudonym for the real collector, whose name we do not reveal here.
The place of publication “Couillopolis” and the imprint “Sardanapalus & Sons” are fictitious; the book was printed in Paris.
A.S.G. Edwards, writing in The Book Collector (Autumn 2021, pp. 554–556), reviewed Erotica: The Prosper de la Pastanade Collection (Paris: Couillopolis, 2020), a lavishly produced three-volume private collection catalogue attributed to Casimir Cavalcadour [pseud.]. Edwards praises the high production values, detailed bibliographical descriptions, and extensive illustrations, while noting the predominance of post-1900 French material and the collection’s strong emphasis on visual erotica over literary significance. Although the catalogue documents 852 items (1643–2014), its scope occasionally includes works and curiosities beyond strict erotica. The fictitious names of compiler, collector, and publisher are acknowledged, with the real collector located in Europe.
