BOUREAU-DESLANDES (André-François). APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEAUTIFUL SEX.
London, (Amsterdam), by Van der Hoek, 1712 (1742 ?). In-12 of [2]-46-138-[34]-2bl. pages, fawn morocco, gilt fillets on the boards, smooth spine decorated, red edges (period binding).
First edition. This curious and rather free volume on women (where it is question of worshipping the female sexual organs) is printed in large type and illustrated with a frontispiece entitled "La boëte à Pandore". One cover worn. (Ex-libris). (Gay I, 258).
FROM THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT BRIFFAULT (1876-1948), anthropologist.
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