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The memoirs of Fanny Hill, a woman of pleasure / written by herself ; with plates, engraved by a member of the Royal Academy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cleland, John, 1709-1789, author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Standardized Title:
- Memoirs of a woman of pleasure
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitutes--Fiction.
- Prostitutes.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (89, 157 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London [id est, United States?] : G. Felton's Press, 1832.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Caption title: Memoirs of a woman of pleasure.
- Volume 2 (page [91]-157) has separate title page.
- Attributed to John Cleland in the Dictionary of national biography.
- The imprint is false. Another edition, with imprint "London: Printed for G. Felton, in the Strand. 1787," is ascribed to the press of Munroe and Francis in Boston, and dated circa 1810. The uncovered boards (of spruce or fir) used to bind this edition suggest that it too is an American production.
- "Two volumes in one" -- title page.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 937018925
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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