Secrets Des Dames, 1700 + 2 on Prostitution
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Digby, Kenelm. NOUVEAUX SECRETS EXPERIMENTEZ, POUR CONSERVER LA BEAUTE DES DAMES, ET POUR GUERIR PLUSIEURS FORTES DE MALADIES. La Haye: Foulque, 1700. 6.25" x 3.75". 2 vols, bound in 1. [20], 192; [8], 156 pp., including engraved frontis to first volume (sometimes found repeated to second volume, though not the case in this copy), + 9 pages of manuscript notes bound in at rear, dated 1790, in a neat hand. Bound in later parchment paper, front hinge partially split. Frontis with 2 very small holes and one 1/4" closed tear, title with early inscription and old stamp, occasional light water-stains (mostly to corners/margins), foxing, one leaf with small hole removing a few of letters. Good. *********** A HANDBOOK, OF SORTS, WHICH WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE TO "LADIES OF THE EVENING," including information on make-up, powders, ointments, and cures for common diseases. ************* SOLD WITH TWO OTHERS, AS-IS: * Martineau. LA PROSTITUTION CLANDESTINE. Paris, 1885. [4], 216 pp. Early cloth over marbled boards, overall Good. * ALMANACH DES FEMMES GALANTES, 1902. [bound with] LA VIE DE PARIS ALMANACH 1902. Cloth over marbled boards, first gathering detached, else Good. Illustrated throughout, appears complete, scarce.
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