328. [Flagellation]. Set of 6 works on the subject written b - Lot 328

328. [Flagellation]. Set of 6 works on the subject written by Jean de Villiot. The pseudonym "Jean de Villiot" was used by Hector France (1837-1908), Hugues Rebell (1867-1905) or publisher Charles Carrington for "the development of stories and essays, often translated from English, concerning sadism and masochism" (Pia, 255). - Study of flogging throughout the world from historical, medical, religious, domestic and conjugal points of view. With a documentary account of flogging in English schools and military prisons. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1901. Fort in-8 paperback and untrimmed, [2], xxiv, 646, [2] p. Frontispiece and 20 hors-texte preceded by a printed serpente. Second enlarged edition. After the publication of the first edition of this work (in 1899), the publisher was fined 200 francs by the tribunal correctionnel, against which a number of journalists and columnists protested. Concerning this second edition, Pia regrets not being able to describe it, as the copy held by the B.N. disappeared some 30 years ago. A few scattered freckles on the edges and borders. (Pia, 255) - La flagellation des femmes en Allemagne. True account by a prisoner. Paris, C. Carrington, 1901. Br. of 356 p. illustrated with 20 symbolist plates by Martin Van Maele. Folded printed cover. - La Flagellation amoureuse dans l'histoire des mœurs et dans la littérature. Followed by La Flagellation des femmes en France sous la Révolution et la Terreur blanche. Paris, Charles Carrington, 1904. In-8, 240 p. illustrated with five hors texte etchings by Martin Van Maele. Paperback, lined cover. First edition printed on Arches laid paper. Historical study on the use of the whip from the Ancien Régime to the Revolution and the White Terror. - Chastised women. The confessor. The spanking matchmaker. Love wants victims. Girls to be married. Sidonie. Paris, Ch. Carrington, 1903. In-8 br. 255 p., untrimmed, uncut, filled cover. First edition. Edition of 500 numbered copies. Attractive edition, the text framed in a double red frame with vegetal ornamentation. - La flagellation à travers le monde. Camille et moi. Paris, Ch. Carrington, 1904. In-8 paperback, 416 p. illustrated with 20 color plates by Van Maele, filled cover. Text framed in red foliage. Edition of 750 numbered copies. - La flagellation à travers le monde. Parisienne et Peaux-rouges. Paris, Ch. Carrington, 1904. In-8 paperback, f.-t., fr., t. and 602 p., [1] f., illustrated with 20 color plates by Henri Caruchet, filled cover. Text framed in red foliage. Some foxing at beginning and end of book, and on edges.