The man of pleasure's illustrated pocket-book for 1850
Subtitle: displaying at one glance the varied attractions of this great metropolis ; with correct details of the saloons, club & night houses, ball, concert & billiard rooms, casinos, comical clubs, theatres, introducing houses; in fact, all pleasures that possess 'a local habitation and a name' are fully and accurately described, rendering it a Complete and gentlemanly night guide ; it also contains the annual routine of sporting information derived from authentic sources, combining the appurtenances of a General pocket-book and almanac. ; enclosed in a secret pocket are cards of address of a select few attractive lasses of this our 'little village,' with some 'shields' for cyprian war ; enriched with forty esplendid engravings
Publisher: Wm. Ward's Bachelor's Repository of Arts, 67, Strand (facing the Adelphi Theatre)
Published: 1850
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Prostitution; Guidebooks; Description and travel
Other titles: Complete and gentlemanly night guide; General pocket-book and almanac; The man of pleasure's pocket book, illustrated with upwards of fifty fine engravings.
Notes: First edition of a 'night guide' to London's brothels with illustrations of prostitutes, accompanied by a 'Modern flash dictionary', and in a wallet binding with a secret pocket, designed for carrying address cards and a supply of 'shields for Cyprian War' (i.e. condoms).

Contains “The Modern Flash Dictionary”, a canting dictionary of rogues’ slang.

Purchase; Quaritch; 2020; RB355820.