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Le Meursius français, ou, L'académie des dames

Author: Chorier, Nicolas, 1612-1692.
Preferred Title: Satyra sotadica.
Title: Le Meursius français, ou, L'académie des dames / orné de figures.
Format: Book
Published: À Londres : [s.n.], 1830 [i.e. 18--]
Description: 3 v. ; 15 cm.
Other contributors: Meursius, Joannes, 1623-1653. Sigea, Luisa, 1530?-1560? spurious author. Terrasson, abbé, 1670-1750.
Other title: Académie des dames
Notes: Commonly known as: Satyra sotadica. Chorier falsely attributed authorship to Luisa Sigea and the "translation" into Latin to Joannes Meursius. Cf. Pia, col. 322. Imprint is false. Cf. BM. For censorship history see Bécourt, p. 52 and Libertine literature in England 1660-1745 / David Foxon. Includes: Lettre de M. l'abbé de T*** [i.e. Jean Terrasson? Cf. Pia 329, BM], traducteur, à Mme. l'abbesse de ***, v. 1, p. 7-11. Fiction. Censored book. Plates lacking.
References: BM, 1966-70, v. 16, col. 1042.
Kinsey subjects: Extramarital sex behavior--Female. Premarital sex education--Female. Chastity belts--Female.