GERVAISE de LATOUCHE. History of Gouberdom, porter of the Ca - Lot 275

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GERVAISE de LATOUCHE. History of Gouberdom, porter of the Ca - Lot 275
GERVAISE de LATOUCHE. History of Gouberdom, porter of the Carthusians. New edition, revised, corrected & increased under the eyes of the St. Father, first part, (second -). In Rome, 1786. 2 volumes in one in-8 of (1 ff.), 179 pages. and 123 pages, full red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt fillets on the boards, gilt head, natural edges (old binding, some ink stains). Illustrated with 21 engravings, in black or sepia, which are not included here. They are replaced by 13 figures designed to illustrate L'Académie des dames published around 1775. The History of Gouberdom, ends on page 115. It is followed by a tale in verse: the General Chapter of the Cordeliers, which occupies here pages 116 to 123. Bibliography : Lemonnyer11-497. Enfer 1258. L.L. 101. R.P. 91. Pia 620. Ars erotica 427 to 452. Dom Bougre would designate the abbot Guyot Desfontaines (died in 1745), accused of sodomy and saved in extremis from the galleys in 1724 by Voltaire. Dutel A-522 for the text, A-15 for the engravings.
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