Erotica: An Illustrated Anthology of Sexual Art and Literature (1992)

Quite a few illustrated erotic anthologies have been written, and their history as 'Pillow Books', aimed specifically at erotic arousal is extensive. The approach adopted by Hill & Wallace in their three-volume anthology adopts an approach weighted towards the illustrations, with literature extracts mostly short. Of course, space limitations in such an approach allow many more of both components, and the format adopted here, using three substantial volumes permits a magnificently epic treatment. The artwork – mostly paintings and drawings - duplicates much of that available elsewhere, but here great pains have been taken to give high quality and reasonable size to the very many visual components. Hill & Wallace have also achieved a very standard in the text which links pertinent texts. This is an invigorating work, which benefits from lengthy browsing. ( )