Library Illustrative Of Social Progress From The Original Editions Collected By The Late Henry

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Hardcover, London: G. Peacock, 1872. Very Good+. Seven volumes bound in one. Despite the 18th century dates on some of these works, the Library Illustrative of Social Progress was probably printed around 1872 by James Camden Hotten. He claimed the books were reprints of 18th century pornographic texts taken from the library of Henry Thomas Buckle, a famous historian of the time. This was probably a lie. The works were reprints of

• Binding: Hardcover

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