Author: [NICOLAS-EDME RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE]
Title: Le pornographe ou idées d'un honnête homme sur un projet de règlement pour les prostituées. Propre à prévenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes
Description: Gay et Doucé, 1879. Hand painted white vellum. Important work on the regulation of prostitution by Nicolas-Edme Restif de la Bretonne (1734-1806), which was first published in 1769. In a series of letters, this work presents an anatomy of prostitution, noting its inevitability in cities such as Paris and its dangers to public health and morality. Most interestingly, it then outlines a system of regulations, with well-managed maisons publiques, in which prostitutes are required to stay, where they are protected and cared for and where customers are strictly controlled. Ref. Gay-Lemonnyer III, 815. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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