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ICONS Erotica 19th Century From Courbet to Gauguin Gilles N ret English/German/French ISBN 3-8228-5512-x Flexi-cover, 14 x 19,5 cm, 192 pp., c. 200 ills. US$ 9.99 | # 5.99 | DM 9,95 | FF 52,50 Pocket Book This is a collection of the best 19th century images from Erotica Universalis Volumes I and II. From Courbet to Gauguin and lots of others in between (known, unknown, and anonymous)- a plethora of delightfully naughty pictures!
Napoleon's attempt to conquer Egypt in 1798 was a mad dream, a fiasco, but it gave rise to a new science: Egyptology. The 3000 illustrations brought back from the expedition were published by order of the Emperor. They constitute invaluable testimony and we have reproduced them in full.
