The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas.

London: Printed by Benbow, Lord Byron’s Head, Castle Street, Leicester Square, 1822 [but later reprint].

Price: $250.00


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“Newly and Faithfully Translated from the Paris Edition of 1821”. [ix], [1], 197; [ii], [3]-220; [ii], [3]-245; [ii], [3]-253 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Uncut in boards, spines stamped with vol. number, spines darkened and stained, vol I. split after title page; very good.

Item #241653

A unexpurgated English edition of this licentious novel, published in the late 19th-century but backdated and passed off as the Benbow edition to avoid controversy. First published as LES AMOURS DU CHEVALIER DE FAUBLAS (1787).