Venus la populaire, ou, Apologie des maisons de joye
By: traiduite de l'anglois.
Contributors: Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.; Ogle, George, 1704-1746.; Yudin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez A. Moore
Published: 1727
Place of publication: A Londres
Language: fre; eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Prostitution -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Venus la populaire.; Apologie des maisons de joye.
Notes: Translation of: A modest defence of publick stews.
Dedication signed "Phil-Pornix" (a Gallicized version of "Phil-Porney" found in the English original). The author has sometimes been identified as Bernard Mandeville, sometimes as George Ogle. Cf. BLC, DNB, Halkett & Laing.
Signatures: *⁶ A-H⁸ I1.
Possibly part of the Yudin Collection.