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Le veritable journal des femmes du Palais, ou suite du tableau de l’état phisique et moral des femmes publiques. No. II.

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The second of three numbers of this very rare journal, compiled by ‘Car, officier de santé’, describing fifteen Palais-Royal prostitutes in considerable detail.

Aemilie is described in enthusiastic terms as ‘une des femmes les mieux tournées de son siècle ... d’une taille svelte et majestueuse’ with ‘deux globes arrondis au tour, terminés par deux boutons de rose ... une cuisse moulée ... un pied mignon’; while Rozinne is credited with ‘une taille divine, un sourire enchanteur, qui laisse appercevoir les plus belles dents du monde’. Interestingly the author also narrates the struggles of a certain Julienne with venereal disease.

Only one copy traced on OCLC, at the BnF.

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