Leopold von SACHER-MASOCH (1836-1895) was an Austrian journalist and author, whose 1870 novella, Venus in Furs, offered the first literary depiction of female sexual domination, male subjugation, and eroticism derived from pain and suffering, based on the author’s own experiences. The term “Masochism” was coined in 1886 by psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing after Sacher-Masoch, well known for his submissive inclinations, especially towards dominant women wearing fur.

Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page, 221 x 144 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.), Leipzig, 1885, in German. Not translated.

Usual folds, tape repair on verso to center fold at right margin, minor tears to right margin not affecting content, light soiling, overall very good condition.

(EXA 5656) $400