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(EROTICA.) Hancarville, Pierre-François-Hugues d'. Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines. 2 engraved titles and 49 (of 50) white-on-black plates; lacks plate 15. [1], 48 leaves; [1] leaf, xx pages, [50] leaves, including 2 engraved titles and letterpress title to part 2; lacks first text leaf to accompany plate 21, replaced with a duplicate of the first text leaf for plate 22. Text printed on one side only, apart from preliminary matter in part 2. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, 250x164 mm, contemporary tree calf gilt with moderate surface wear; occasional minor marginal soiling, some plates toned, plate 17 and a few text leaves dampstained, 20th-century child's pencil scrawls on endleaves. "Rome: de l'Imprimerie du Vatican," 1787
First published in 1784, a collection of illustrations of phallic worship and eroticism in classical antiquity forming a companion work to the author's 1780 Monumens de la Vie Privée des Douze Césars.
