Venus la populaire, ou apologie des maisons de joye. Traduite de l'anglois.

All titles

• Venus la populaire, ou apologie des maisons de joye. Traduite de l'anglois.
• Modest defence of publick stews. French

People / Organizations

• Phil-porney. (Author)
• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

A Londres: chez A Moore, M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]

Publication year

1727-1727

ESTC No.

T115816

Grub Street ID

167503

Description

xii,130p. ; 8⁰

Note

A translation of 'A modest defence of publick stews', which is variously attributed to George Ogle and Bernard de Mandeville.

Dedication signed: Phil-pornix.

The imprint is fictitious; possibly printed in the Netherlands.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Uncontrolled note

See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43