[Anonymous] - Josephines Abenteuer

[Anonymous] - Josephines Abenteuer - Frankfurt /M - Softpress - [ca 1970] - 1st edition - [144]pp - Hardcover - 16,5 x 20,5 cm. - Design: Foto Print Janke

Condition: Good.

Pornographic 'cosplay' photo novel with speech balloons, situated in Vienna, 1873. Typical 70s photos with sex scenes in colour of two young ladies and gentlemen in 19th century costumes. The result is therefore a baroque mix of Art Nouveau and hippie design. Text in German. Hardback edition.

¶ The theme of this publication is perhaps loosely based on Josefine Mutzenbacher or Die Geschichte einer Wienerischen Dirne von ihr selbst erzählt); a famous erotic novel first published anonymously in Austria (1906). It was originally attributed to either Felix Salten or Arthur Schnitzler by the librarians at the University of Vienna. Today, critics, scholars, academics and the Austrian Government designate Salten (the creator of 'Bambi') as the sole author of this 'pornographic classic'.