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Item ID Number: 5955;
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| Book Number |
5955 |
| Author |
Jouffreau de Lazerie |
| Title |
Le joujou des Demoiselles |
| Date |
c. 1793 |
| Publisher |
Vitapolis, the boudoir of Mademoiselle Connine. |
| Place of Publication |
Paris |
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| Cover |
contemporary gilt vellum on board, gilt red Morocco label on spine, flat spine, title in gilt on spine. |
| Illustration |
With hand coloured title and 55 half-page finely hand coloured plates. |
| Size |
8vo., |
| Condition |
In a very good condition. |
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| Notes |
Text in French.
This collection of tales, anecdotes and erotic epigrams is attributed to the abbot Jouffreau of Lazarie (according to Pia and Gay). He gives pride of place to the women who, in this work, are "indecisive and fickle, changing their minds and slips, they would like, in the same bed, husband behind and lover in front, pique to reconcile and the heart and the mind "(Dictionary of erotic works). Uncommon edition of this curiosa with a free figure in frontispiece. |
| Price (US$) |
2000 |
| Short Description |
Book Erotica; Book Plate Books Colour; |
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