[CURIOSA, 1784]. Les confessions d'une courtisane devenu phi - Lot 246

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[CURIOSA, 1784]. Les confessions d'une courtisane devenu phi - Lot 246
[CURIOSA, 1784]. Les confessions d'une courtisane devenu philosophe, London and Brussels: Le Francq, 1784. In-12 of [viii], 132 pp. Paperback, dust jacket, title piece on the spine. Cover soiled, pp. 121-124 unsewn in the body of the book, fresh interior. Rare first edition (another one published the same year is addressed "London and is in Paris"). Anonymous novel describing the rise of a young girl from a good family who became a courtesan for love, before reflections on morals, love of truth, sciences and arts bring her back to a more settled life. A story with undeniable literary qualities, emblematic of late 18th century literature (Laclos' Les liaisons dangereuses is from 1782). Gay I 659.
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