[EARLY EROTICA / BISEXUALITY] Defter-i ask, Hubannâme, Zenânnâme, Çenginâme, Sevkengîz

ENDERÛNÎ FAZIL, (1757-1810), SÜNBÜLZÂDE VEHBÎ, (1718-1809), Ali Riza Efendi Matbaasi, Kostantiniyye [Constantinople - Istanbul], [AH 1286] = 1870. Contemporary cloth bdg. Rebacked spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 143 p. Slight tear on two leaves, wear on extremities of original marbled boards, otherwise a good copy. Early printed edition of this exceedingly rare collection of early Ottoman erotic poems of homosexuality and bisexuality, of the 18th century including the multiple works of Enderunlu Fazil and Sünbülzâde Vehbi.This book includes five works originally: Defter-i ask [i.e. The book of love] (pp. 1-21); Hubannâme [i.e. The book of male lovers] (pp. 22-55); Zenannâme [i.e. The book of beautiful women] (as well as "Çenginâme" of Fazil Bey in Zenannâme, pp. 102-111); and Sevkengiz [i.e. Inspiring] (pp. 112-143)."Defter-i ask" [i.e. The book of love] by Fazil, in which he tells about his own romances, is a mathnavi of 438 couplets