[Rarebooks] FS: History of Prostitution w/plates

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Lacroix, Paul. [Dufour, Pierre (pseud) and Jacob, P.L. (pseud)]. 
HISTOIRE DE LA PROSTITUTION CHEZ TOUS LES PEUPLES DU MONDE, DEPUIS 
L'ANTIQUITE LA PLUS RECULEE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS PAR PIERRE DUFOUR [SIX 
VOLUMES]. Paris: Sere, 1851-1853. Illus. with 19 (of 20) engraved 
plates with tissue guards. 8vo. Green cloth, top edge gilt 
(hardback).  First edition. Querard 1014-15; Osler 6022; Vicaire IV, 
837-8; Gay II, 511.

Paul Lacroix (1806-1884), best known under the pseudonym of P.L. 
Jacob, wrote novels as well as works on history and culture, 
including a history of Napoleon III, the life of Tsar Nicholas I, and 
with Ferdinand Sere, the five-volume Le moyen age et la renaissance 
(1847). According to Lorenz, Lacroix denied authorship of the work 
and its later two volumes. The first two of the six volumes covers 
prostitution in antiquity including the Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, and 
Romans, while the last four encompass the middle ages through the 
reign of Henry IV. Though not overly scholarly, the work is filled 
with a wealth of interesting information. Spine ends worn, boards 
rubbed, scattered foxing, two leaves partially sprung, but overall 
still a good solid copy. [28277]  $400.00

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