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Ordered to be Burned

[Longue, Louis Pierre de]. LES PRINCESSES MALABARES, OU LE CELIBAT PHILOSOPHIQUE. Ouvrage Interessant & Curieux, avec des Notes Historiques & Critique

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Tranquebar (Amsterdam?): Thomas Franco, 1735. Sm. 8vo. (16), 200, (6) pp. Title printed in red & black. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed & spine label lacking. Interesting cont. early marbled endpapers.

The first edition of this work, published in 1734, was condemned by the French Parliament and ordered to be burned—more for anti-religious content than moral issues. Gay-Lemonnyer III, 861–2.

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Author

[Longue, Louis Pierre de]

Title

LES PRINCESSES MALABARES, OU LE CELIBAT PHILOSOPHIQUE. Ouvrage Interessant & Curieux, avec des Notes Historiques & Critiques.

Year of Publication

1735

Publisher

Thomas Franco