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Histoire politique et amoureuse Du Fameux Cardinal Louis Portocarrero, Archeveque de Tolede, Mise au jour pour la satisfaction des Personnes Galantes.

(No place), Jeune le Sincere, 1704.

12mo. In contemporary coloured floral printed wrappers. Wear to extremities, spine split. Title-page with red underlinings, otherwise internally nice and clean. (6), 297 pp. + frontispiece. 

Rare first edition of this collection of French anticlerical erotic novels. These works frequently portrayed Spanish authorities as their central figures, with this particular volume focusing on Cardinal Luis Manuel Fernández Portocarrero (1635–1709), who served as Viceroy of Sicily and State Counselor.

Order-nr.: 61778