Les femmes, ou, Lettres du chevalier de K***** au marquis de ***
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, the Corvey Collection, 1790-1840; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, the Corvey Collection, 1790-1840
Publisher: Aux dépens de la Cie
Published: 1754
Place of publication: La Haye
Language: fre
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Women; Fiction; Early works to 1800; Man-woman relationships
Other titles: Lettres du chevalier de K***** au marquis de ***
Description: In a series of fictional letters from an older mentor to a young man, the feminine character is dissected, and detailed advice is offered on the management of sexual relations.
Notes: Issued anonymously. Attributed to de Méray; see Barbier, Cioranescu, Conlon, Martin, Giraud & Clin-Lalande, and BN.

In 2 parts. Each part is paginated separately and has individual title pages, but numbering of individual letters is continuous: pt. 1 contains letters 1-7; pt. 2 contains letters 8-14.

Signatures: pt. 1: a⁴ (-a4) A-G⁸ H⁴ (-H4); pt. 2: pi1 A-G⁸ H⁴.

First signature of each gathering in pt. 2 is preceded by "II. Partie."