Jean Fort was a prolific producer of erotica, under a variety of imprints, his Collection des Orties Blanches (White Nettles), was specifically dedicated to sado- masochistic story lines. Fort produced a very large number of titles under this imprint, between 1920-1939, illustrated by various artists.
Revisiting old sub collections and attempting to link them together also exploring my bookcase to locate items never listed and there are a lot of them, so a brief foray back into the confusion surrounding the various publishers and artists of the burgeoning French flagellation scene, a genre that had remained fairly safe from state interference until the 1950’s, at which time many formally openly published titles were subject to multiple prosecutions (as was this title). My investigations have concluded, that from the 1890’s onwards publishers like Carrington were issuing massive amounts of flagellation titles, but the majority of the ones published , clandestinely were heavy end pornography with flagellation and punishment as an integral part of the story line, very few of these were illustrated. However French language language editions of the same title were expunged of the sexual content but were often profusely illustrated.
A large number of French publishers started producing profuse numbers of illustrated flagellation , spanking stories from around 1900, and although originally pretty tame, as we head into the 20’s and 30’s more sexual content was appearing and in the run in to WWII, some of the publishers appear to have been in open competition to be the most extreme in violent sexual content, interestingly a significant proportion of this was focused on female domination or FEM/DOM as it came to be known. Much of this activity was generated by business empires that included sex shops selling fetish wear and bondage gear alongside books magazines and other paraphernalia. For more detailed information I recommend Les éditions du Couvre -Fue, edited by Christrophe Bier, éditions Astarté -Paris, 2013.
Outer Covers
Front Cover
Confidences égarées
Title Page
Confidences égarées
Liane Laure; Confidences égarées, Collection de Orties Blanches, 16 heliogravures by Dagy (Daniel Girard), Paris 1932, 79, rue de Vaugirard (Dijon, impr. de Darantière), November1932. In-8 (25.5 cm), 280 pp. In original publishers printed paper wraps over plain card covers (showing age toning and spotting. Internally, contents are clean and bright, complete with 16 heliogravures signed Dagy , a unique copy in that 5 of the 16 illustrations have been hand coloured, each of which has a loose protective guard inserted.
Frontispiece.
frontispiece
The Illustrations
opposite P16
opposite P32
opposite P64
opposite P80
opposite P96
opposite P112
opposite P128
opposite P144
opposite P160
after P175 (facing blank)
opposite P192
opposite P208 (delicately coloured)
opposite 224
opposite P240
opposite P272
advertising other titles
Any questions or information about this title please leave a comment or complete a contact form.
See also Link
For further information about the imprint see Link:
Bibliocuriosa: Orties Blanches
This book is for Sale Any Enquiries Please complete Contact Form
