Author: FRANCUS, Georgius (Georg FRANCK von FRANCKENAU).
Title: Tractatio qua lupanaria, vulgo Huren-Häuser, ex principiis medicis improbantur.Halle, Johann Christian Hendel, 1743. 4to. With woodcut vignet on title, woodcut headpiece, and large woodcut initial in text. Modern wrappers.
Description: 24 pp.First edition of an interesting treatise on brothels by the German physician Georg Franck Von Franckenau (1643-1704). As stated on title, the work was based on a public lecture given at the Heidelberg University in 1674, where the author held a chair in medicine. Franck gives a historical survey of the opinions on brothels and warns for the medical dangers of prostitution.Good copy of a rare and interesting pamphlet.l Gay III, 1225; Hayn & Gotendorf II, p. 353; Waller 3216; not in Cat. Med. Manchester Library; Cat. 17th Cent. Nat. Libr. of Medicine; Garrison-Morton.

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