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COCU - Dissertation Etymologique, Historique et Critique Sur Les Diverse Origines Du Mot Cocu. [Etymological, Historical and Critical essay On the Various Origins Of the Word Cuckold.]
by (anonymous member of l'Academie de Blois)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Blois [France]: Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer, 1835. First Edition . Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece Engraving. l'Academie de Blois (de Petigny), Blois, 1835 and Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer. Wrappers. 12mo., 72 pp. Collation complete. Spine gone; otherwise generally quite a nice copy of a hard to find piece of sexual etymological scholarship. See Graesse, Vol. II, p. 410, col 1. Rose 1404, "suppressed and very rare". In French [one page in Latin]. A strange and oddly precious paperback production from 1835, written anonymously by a member of l'Academie de Blois, on the origins of the word "cuckold". Avec des Notes et Pieces Justificatives Par un Membre de L'Academie de de Blois [De Petigny] Augmente de Origine du Cocuange. Collation: half-title, v.'Blois, Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer,' blank, v. woodcut of "Cocu' pointing to his horns, title-page, v.blank, dedication in Latin, v. blank, text with signature '2.' 72 pp. Complete. Rare. Unlikely you'll see another. L6
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- Title
- COCU - Dissertation Etymologique, Historique et Critique Sur Les Diverse Origines Du Mot Cocu. [Etymological, Historical and Critical essay On the Various Origins Of the Word Cuckold.]
- Author
- (anonymous member of l'Academie de Blois)
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece Engraving
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer
- Place of Publication
- Blois [France]
- Date Published
- 1835
- Pages
- 72
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Sex, erotica, cuckold, France, sexuality, etymology, Antiquarian, Academie De Blois
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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