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Pisanus Fraxi

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

April 21, 1834

Died

July 29, 1900

Genre

Erotica

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Pseudonym of Henry Spencer Ashbee (21 April 1834 – 29 July 1900), who was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer, notorious for his massive, clandestine three volume bibliography of erotic literature written under the pseudonym of Pisanus Fraxi.

Ashbee was a part of a loose intellectual fraternity of English gentlemen who discussed sexual matters with a freedom that was at odds with Victorian mores; this fraternity included Richard Francis Burton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and others. He also amassed thousands of volumes of pornography in several languages. He wrote on sex under the pseudonyms "Fraxinus" (Ash) and "Apis" (Bee), and sometimes combined them as "Pisanus Fraxi".

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	Bibliography of Prohibited Books really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1942 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catena Librorum Tacendorum: Being Notes Bio, Biblio, Icono, Graphical And Critical, On Curious And Uncommon Books (1885) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature. Index Librorum Prohibitorum: Being Notes Bio- Biblio- Econo- graphical and Critical... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature - Volume 1 Index Librium Prohibitorum by Pisanus Fraxi, Henry Spencer Ashbee (AKA) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature - Volume 2 Centuria Librorum Absconditorum by Pisanus Fraxi, Henry Spencer Ashbee (AKA) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature - Volume 3 Catena Librium Tacendorum by Pisanus Fraxi, Henry Spencer Ashbee (AKA) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bibliography Of Prohibited Books: V2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bibliography of Prohibited Books. Volumes II and III 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encyclopedia Of Erotic Literature, Centuria, Librorum Absconditorum (Volume Two) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature (Three Volume Set in Slipcase) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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