Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. The book contains a number of decorative borders and separators. These have been ignored. Anchors for footnotes 27 and 59 were missing and have been added in appropriate places. The Orphean hymn in footnote 12 is in error. The correction is shown with the footnote. (the act the Lesbian) in footnote 327 is erroneous but could be ‘to act ...’ or ‘the act of ...’ so remains uncorrected. In footnote 382 “The word θηλείας even in the edition mentioned stands both in text and margin as γρ. δειλίας.” makes little sense and has been altered to “The word θηλείας in the edition mentioned stands in text; and in the margin as γρ. δειλίας.” The footnotes are located at the end of the book. In the main text, italics are represented thus _italic_, however this marking indicates letter-spacing in Latin and Greek passages. Bold is indicated thus =bold=. An index to both volumes is included in volume II. This has been copied into the end of this volume by the transcriber. THE PLAGUE OF LUST VOLUME I _This work, printed for a small number of subscribers, Medical Men—Experts and Specialists in Nervous Diseases—Lawyers—Psychiatrists Travellers and Anthropologists—is not sold to the Trade, and is strictly limited to FIVE HUNDRED NUMBERED COPIES._ _The present copy is_ =No. 105= THE PLAGUE OF LUST, BEING A HISTORY OF VENEREAL DISEASE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, AND INCLUDING:—DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CULT OF VENUS, AND PHALLIC WORSHIP, BROTHELS, THE Νοῦσος Θήλεια (FEMININE DISEASE) OF THE SCYTHIANS, PAEDERASTIA, AND OTHER SEXUAL PERVERSIONS AMONGST THE ANCIENTS, AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THEIR WRITINGS BY Dr. JULIUS ROSENBAUM TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH (UNABRIDGED) GERMAN EDITION BY AN OXFORD M.A. THE FIRST OF TWO VOLUMES =Paris= CHARLES CARRINGTON PUBLISHER OF MEDICAL, FOLK-LORE AND HISTORICAL WORKS. 13, FAUBOURG MONTMARTRE, 13 MDCCCCI The price of this work complete is FIVE GUINEAS. TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.