A court lady's curiosity [electronic resource] : or, the virgin undress'd. Curiously surveying herse...
A court lady's curiosity [electronic resource] : or, the virgin undress'd. Curiously surveying herself in her glass, with one leg upon her toilet. A Chinese novel: by a facetious Florentine, who accompanied the Tuscan Missionaries into China, and lived five Years at Pekin, the Capital of the Kingdom. Formerly translated from the Italian; and dedicated to the beau monde; by a young English nobleman. And now adapted to the Taste of the Town, by an Officer of Distinction in the Army. With a curious frontispiece, representing the Posture this Beautiful Chinese Lady was surprized in by Her Lover; and the Artifice he made Use of to accomplish his Design upon her.
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London : printed for Joseph Pearce, in the Old Baily; and sold by the book-sellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXLI. [1741]
Date
MDCCXLI. [1741]
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English
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[2],32p. ; 8°.
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Publisher
London : printed for Joseph Pearce, in the Old Baily; and sold by the book-sellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXLI. [1741]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCXLI. [1741]
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A court lady's curiosity [electronic resource] : or, the virgin undress'd. Curiously surveying herself in her glass, with one leg upon her toilet. A Chinese novel: by a facetious Florentine, who accompanied the Tuscan Missionaries into China, and lived five Years at Pekin, the Capital of the Kingdom. Formerly translated from the Italian; and dedica...
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Price from imprint: Price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Without the frontispiece.
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ESTC T140102.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74Vv4OqvMGyl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4OqvMGyl
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991015435979702626
