Erotika Biblion  

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Erotika Biblion is a book by Comte de Mirabeau first published in 1783. It describes a series of sexual practices.

"Later Mirabeau wrote his little pussy, Sophie, that he had composed a new and very original work entitled Erotica Biblion treating the most roguish themes in a grotesque but none the less serious fashion. He asks her whether she can believe that in the Bible and classical times investigations were instituted concerning onanism, tribadism, and on all indelicate matter treated by the casuists. These matters were treated in the Bible in such a way that they were readable by even the most squeamish, and incidentally they were interlarded with philosophical ideas. Here Mirabeau treats all manner of passion and perversity in a fairly unexceptionable style and shows that among the ancient peoples, particularly the Jews, there existed the same degree of sexual excitability as in his time. The work is cleverly erotic but by no means pornographic. In many respects it is one of the strangest books ever written. Here are some of his chapter headings — with their paraphrased meanings:

• Ischa, or the creation of man and his superiority to zvoman.
• Tropoide, or about incest.
• Thalabe, or concerning masturbation.
• Anandrine, or concerning tribadism.
• Akripoidie, or concerjiing circumcision.
• Kadesch, or concerning unnatural unchastity.
• Behemao, or concerning unchastity with animals.
• Leguanmanie, or views about orgasm and divers notes anent prostitution.

The whole edition of this work was confiscated immediately so

that only fourteen copies of it are extant today. It was naturally placed on the Index, too, under the title of Amatoria Bibliorum. Subsequent editions met the same fate but the book has reproduced itself. --EHoF

Spanish TOC

• Anagogia (investigación del sentido místico de las escrituras)
• La Anelytroide (desnudo, sin ropaje)
• La Ischa (mujer).
• La Tropoide (costumbres, moralidad de un pueblo)
• La Thalaba (masturbación).
• La Anandryna (lesbianismo)
• La Akropodia (circuncisión)
• Kadesch (castración)
• Behemah (bestialismo)
• La Anoscopia (profecías)
• La Linguomanía (cunilinguo y prostitución)