The Spirit of Flagellation

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"ADVERTISEMENT. The original edition of the ''Spirit of Flagellation'', appears, by the costume of the prints, to have been published about the year 1890, but whether by Holland or Aicken I cannot pretend to say.
 
"ADVERTISEMENT. The original edition of the ''Spirit of Flagellation'', appears, by the costume of the prints, to have been published about the year 1890, but whether by Holland or Aicken I cannot pretend to say.
  
I have altered the size from 8vo. to 12 mo., as being more convenient for the diminished pockets of the present day, and have added, by way of appendix the ensuing anecdotes, furnished me by an amateur of birch discipline. I flatter myself that the votaries of this fascinating letch will smile propitiously on my humble endeavours. As most of the works on this subject are out of print, and extremely rare, it is my intention to replace them, in quick succession, in a series of volumes uniform with the present.
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I have altered the size from 8 vo. to 12 mo., as being more convenient for the diminished pockets of the present day, and have added, by way of appendix the ensuing anecdotes, furnished me by an amateur of birch discipline. I flatter myself that the votaries of this fascinating letch will smile propitiously on my humble endeavours. As most of the works on this subject are out of print, and extremely rare, it is my intention to replace them, in quick succession, in a series of volumes uniform with the present.
  
 
Gentlemen requiring Governess , or ladies desirous of being initiated into this branch of the Eleusinian Mysteries , may be confidentially furnished with the necessary information by communicating with me, through the medium of the booksellers, or other agents who may supply them with this work.
 
Gentlemen requiring Governess , or ladies desirous of being initiated into this branch of the Eleusinian Mysteries , may be confidentially furnished with the necessary information by communicating with me, through the medium of the booksellers, or other agents who may supply them with this work.

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Auteur / Author : Anonyme, Dedication from Wilson, Mary

Titre / Title : The Spirit of Flagellation or The Memoirs of Mrs. Hinton, who kept a School many years at Kensington, to which is now added: Anecdotes by a Lady much addicted to Birch Discipline; The Wipping Milliners; The Severe Stepmother, and the Complaisant School-Mistress

Éditeur / Publisher : Printed and published by Mary Wilson

Lieu d’édition / Place of Publication : London [Paris ?]

Collection / Series :

Année d’édition originale / First Year of Publication : 1827

Année d’édition / Year of Publication : 1892 [v. 1921 ou v. 1912 ?]

Période / Period : XIXe siècle / 19th Century, (1800-1849)

Nombre de pages / Number of Pages : 93

Illustrateur / Illustrator : Ornements anonymes. / Anonymous ornaments.

Illustration : Fleuron, lettrines et bandeaux. / Fleuron, head and tail pieces.

Langue / Language : Langue anglaise / English Language

Caractéristiques / Specifications : Couverture muette de papier brun foncé. / Blank cover in dark brown paper.

Notes : Mendes: Notes 78-A "The original edition was published by Cannon in London in 1827, with 6 plates". Reissued ca.1852 by E. Dyer as 'Mary Wilson'.

Mendes 78-B. A reprint of a work first published by George Cannon at London in 1827, but the present edition probably a piracy of a Dutch edition published by Brancart in 1892.

Our copy is possibly a reprint, made ca.1921, of an edition published in Paris, probably for Charles Carrington, ca.1912. Cf. Mendes: Notes 78-C.

Référence / Reference : Bécourt 69 : Condamné par le tribunal correctionnel de la Seine le 11 octobre 1913.

Mendes: Notes 78-A, B, C.

KI: AAC3732 (1892).

Résumé / Summary : Reprint of the "enlarged edition" dated 1892.

"ADVERTISEMENT. The original edition of the Spirit of Flagellation, appears, by the costume of the prints, to have been published about the year 1890, but whether by Holland or Aicken I cannot pretend to say.

I have altered the size from 8 vo. to 12 mo., as being more convenient for the diminished pockets of the present day, and have added, by way of appendix the ensuing anecdotes, furnished me by an amateur of birch discipline. I flatter myself that the votaries of this fascinating letch will smile propitiously on my humble endeavours. As most of the works on this subject are out of print, and extremely rare, it is my intention to replace them, in quick succession, in a series of volumes uniform with the present.

Gentlemen requiring Governess , or ladies desirous of being initiated into this branch of the Eleusinian Mysteries , may be confidentially furnished with the necessary information by communicating with me, through the medium of the booksellers, or other agents who may supply them with this work.

Mary Wilson.

1st May, 1892."

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