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Item #74675 Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction. Monsier Freydier, Gustave Brunet.
Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction...
Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction...
Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction...
Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction...

Plaidoyer de Mr Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction...

A Chastity Belt and a Breach of Promise Freydier, M[onsier]. [Brunet, Gustave (1807-1896)]. Plaidoyer de Mr. Freydier, Avocat a Nismes, Contre l'Introduction de Cadenas, Ou Ceintures de Chastete. Reimpression Textuelle Faite sur l'Edition Originale de 1750 et Augmentee d'un Avant-Propos, Par Philomneste, Junior. Avec des Explications Nouvelles Edifantes et Curieuses sur la Ceinture de Chastete des Extraits de l'Academie des Dames, La Cadenas avec les Variates de Voltaire. Montpellier: Bibliotheque du Barreau, 1870. xvi, 80 pp. Two plates (depicting chastity belts). 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, deckle fore and bottom edges. Light soiling and a few chips and tears to wrappers, rubbing and a few cracks to spine, text block and wrappers secure. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, browning to title page, light foxing to a few leaves. $250. * From an edition of 100 numbered copies, this number 43. After seducing Marie Lajon, Pierre Barthe refused to marry her and forced her to wear a chastity belt. She brought suit for breach of promise and hired the counselor Freydier, whose first name is not recorded. In great detail, the lawyer describes the chastity belt in question, embellishing his argument with references to Plato, the Book of Genesis and St. Jerome and other Church Fathers. As the original publication and its various reprints seem to be the only record, this case may be fictional. The section by Philomneste, Junior, a pseudonym of Gustave Brunet, is a historical and literary discussion of chastity belts. Jules Guy, the publisher of this edition, was an important bibliographer of works on human sexuality.

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