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The philosophical Theresa.
LIBRA - Limited PQ2600.A1 P45 1900
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Thérèse philosophe. English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Girard, Jean-Baptiste, 1680-1733.
- Girard, Jean-Baptiste.
- Cadière, Marie-Catherine, 1709-.
- Cadière, Marie-Catherine.
- Genre:
- Erotic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; small 4°
- Other Title:
- Philosophical Theresa, or, Philosophy for the ladies
- Philosophy for the ladies
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Société de bibliophiles etrangers, 1900.
- Notes:
- "Privately printed and not for sale" - title-pages.
- Published by Charles Carrington in London and probably printed by H.C.A. Theime (see Mendes).
- Based on the scandal arising from the action brought against Jean B. Girard by Marie C. Cadière in 1730-1731.
- In two parts, each with a title-page. The pagination is continuous.
- Head-pieces and decorated initials.
- Cited in:
- Reade. Registrum librorum eroticorum, 3588
- Mendes, P. Clandestine erotic literature in English 1800-1930, 133
- OCLC:
- 1097253439
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