The Birchen Bouquet Explained

The Birchen Bouquet is a work of pornography first published around 1770,^[1] reprinted in 1826 by George Cannon,^[2] in 1860 by William Dugdale and again in 1881 by William Lazenby^[3] (when it was said to have been printed at Birchington-on-Sea).^[4] It consists of a compilation of flagellation stories,^[5] mainly of women by women,^[6] some taken from The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine (Marcus notes the curious fact that some material from this fashion magazine was reprinted verbatim in pornographic works^[7]). Henry Spencer Ashbee described it as "very ordinary and insipid", expressing surprise at its frequent reprinting.^[8]

References

• Book: Marcus, Sharon . Between women: friendship, desire, and marriage in Victorian England . registration . Princeton University Press . 2007 . 978-0-691-12835-1 .
• Book: Sigel, Lisa Z. . International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000 . . 2005 . 0-8135-3519-0 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Crawford, Katherine . European sexualities, 1400-1800 . 38 . New approaches to European history . . 2007 . 978-0-521-83958-7 . 223 .
2. Sigel (2005) p.69
3. Sigel (2005) p.73
4. Marcus (2007) p.290
5. Book: Chandos, John . To deprave and corrupt ...: Original studies in the nature and definition of obscenity . Association Press . 1962 . 200 .
6. Marcus (2007) pp.147-148,290
7. Marcus (2007) p.140
8. Book: Ashbee, Henry Spencer . Bibliography of Forbidden Books . 3 . Bibliography Of Forbidden Books . Cosimo, Inc. . 2007 . 978-1-60206-971-8 . 242–243 .