Venus in Furs

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6 albums/71 artworks – Venus in Furs (German: Venus im Pelz) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called Legacy of Cain (Das Vermächtniß Kains) which was never published.Venus in Furs was part of Love (Die Liebe), the first volume of the series. It was published in 1870. To read more about the story visit this Wikipedia. I tried to focus on finding different illustrated editions and share these artworks here. Album 1, Letter written by Sacher-Masoch on his stationary with sketch from a lady in fur holding a whip, and a second one from Sacher-Masoch’s stationary.…

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