Patrick Spedding’s article “The Lost Erotica of James West” in Book History 23 (2020) offers a close analysis of the significant erotica in the library assembled by James West (1703–72) and sold at auction in 1773. Dr. Spedding is Head of Literary Studies at Monash University and associate-director of the Centre for the Book. He can be reached at patrick.spedding@monash.edu.
A Selection of the Erotica Owned by James West, as Recorded in the Bibliotheca Westiana [PDF]
Annotations to Lot 1110 of the Second Sale Catalogue [PDF]
Cite this article:
Patrick Spedding, ”The Lost Erotica of James West’: Additional Material,” Book History Unbound (2020), https://sharpweb.org/book-history-unbound/2020/spedding/.