精装一巨册全
1997年阿姆斯特丹斐卿书局(The Pepin Press)
初版初印
约30.5×28.5cm
207页
书名英译Dreams of Spring Erotic Art in China（又译Dreams of Spring Chinese Erotic Art），重磅铜版纸，全彩图。
贝托莱(F.M. Bertholet) 1952年生于阿姆斯特丹，毕业于荷兰国立艺术学院，亚洲旅游时在香港古董店偶然发现一本中国春宫册，为其精湛的绘画折服，经过深入研究，确定这些高水准的绘画存世量相当稀少，自此开始专攻中国春宫画长达十五年之久，成为欧洲最大的中国春宫艺术收藏家。
艺本书收集了BERTHOIET最好的藏品，图卷外，还有牙雕、插屏、扇面、漆器、瓷器，玻璃镜画等，均以工笔重彩为主。没有一张绘画是纯色情的，作者展现的是纯粹的性的和谐与美好，欣赏这些来自中国的神秘瑰宝，可以观察到中国明清时人另一面的幽默。
英文版配以非常学术的长篇研究文章，讲解内容包括道家思想和房中术，春宫艺术的来龙去脉及美学特征，当然还有对藏品的解说。春宫图讲究空间处理，情节多数发生在庭院的空间内，以勾线用色、表情刻画、空间布局、图像叙事取胜，后来日本浮世绘也深得此中真谛。
[Amsterdam 1997]. Red cloth, as new, dj., large size, 30.5×28.5cm., index, 207p., bibliography, profusely illustrated with high-quality color reproductions,Bertholet Erotic Asian Art Collection, English text. FIRST EDITION. AN IMPORTANT COLOR-ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION . OF CHINESE EROTIC PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS .
An exquisite work, reproducing several color painted erotic albums. Beginning with love scenes from the Ming, .Illustrated episodes from the Rouputuan [The Carnal Prayer Mat], garden of delights, joys of forbidden love, delights of a young scholar, scenes from the Jinpingmei [Golden Lotus (Qing Ping Mei)]. .Visions of traditional sex life, happy days at the courtesan’s house, comedy of sex, decadence and debauchery, inlaid boxes & painted silk covers, rice paper paintings, naughty stories from the Golden time of romance.
Male and female homosexuality, female theatre impersonators & their ‘lovers’. A completely enjoyable look at the Chinese naturalistic approach to sex. The characters are mostly dressed in beautiful robes, others completely nude, or with apron/stomach covers, nicely done, showing the true flavor and joy of Chinese meticulous painting techniques and design, interiors of houses and brothels. .An excellent examples of Chinese foot-binding an erotic part of Chinese love-making. Profusely color illustrated.
