$3,500
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Auction: January 30, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
London: Printed for J. Lamb, 1765. 8vo in fours. (v), 170 pp. Full contemporary sheep, stamped in gilt, joints rubbed, extremities rubbed, corners worn, scratches to front and rear boards; all edges trimmed; text lightly toned, some scattered foxing to same; marginalia on front paste-down, title-page verso, and p. (19). ESTC 006424615.
Rare. A curiosity of 18th-century erotic fiction, describing the origins of sexual difference and desire. Due to scant information on its publication there is much left to be questioned, as the author has yet to be identified and the publisher is most likely pseudonymous. Once presumed to be an english translation of Italian poet Giambattista Marino's "Ill Libro del Perche". ESTC locates only one other copy, held in the British Library.