Arrest de la Cour de Parlement, Qui condamne Marie Madeleine Fougereux … à être promenée sur un âne, le visage tourné vers la queue…

by Prostitution/ Law

$1,650 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Extremely rare pamphlet issued by the Parliamentary printer, P. G. Simon, summarizing the scandalous case and fitting punishment of Mme. Fougereux, convicted of having ‘tenu lieu public chez elle depuis un temps considerable’ – of having run a brothel for a considerable amount of time. Amidst the heyday of..... More

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