Florentine de LAUNAY. Étrenne aux grisettes, for the year 17 - Lot 299

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Florentine de LAUNAY. Étrenne aux grisettes, for the year 17 - Lot 299
Florentine de LAUNAY. Étrenne aux grisettes, for the year 1790. Petition presented to M. Silvain Bailly, mayor of Paris, by Florentine de Launay. Against the fashion merchants, dressmakers, lingerie makers, and other grisettes trading on the Paris pavement, etc. (Paris, 1790). Booklet in-8 in sheets of 36 pages. Illustrated with a satirical etching frontispiece. First edition (first printing). Florentine de Launay, "assignee of Rose Gourdan", protests in this "Requête" against the grisettes who, by doing the trade reserved for the filles de joie, harm the latter and violate the police regulations. The petition is followed by a list of the names and residences of the grisettes for whom registration in the register of filles de joie is requested. It also includes actresses and singers and indicates, after each name, the persons who contribute most to the well-being of the person concerned. "Curious and extremely rare facetiousness. "Grand-Carteret 982.
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