Lot no. 121
(1857). PARENT-DUCHATELET (A.J.B.). DE LA PROSTITUTION DANS LA VILLE DE PARIS, considérée sous le rapport de l'hygiène publique, de la morale et de l'administration...
Paris, J.B. Baillière, 1857.
2 large volumes in-8 of 23-[1]-732 and [4]-892 pages, half brown basane, spine decorated (period binding).
Portrait of the author, 2 statistical maps showing the distribution of the number of prostitutes in France and the locations of brothels in Paris, with a fold-out table giving the number of prostitutes struck off the registers or reported missing from 1817 to 1832. A good copy.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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