Lot 248
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[Mandeville, Bernard de]
Venus la Populaire, ou Apologie des Maisons de Joye

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£252
Description
London: A. Moore, 1727. First edition, small 8vo, original? boards, library stamp of the Bibliotheque de P.H. Rodde to front free-endpaper, some light browning throughout, closed tear to one leaf
Footnote
The first French edition of A Modest Defence of Publick Stews, in which Mandeville argues for the legalisation and regulation of prostitution.
