Author: BURFORD, E.J. AND WOTTON, JOY.
Title: Private Vices - Public Virtues. Bawdry in London from Elizabethan Times to the Regency.
Description: London; Robert Hale, 1995. 0709057245. 1st edition. "An exuberant social history of the seamier side of London's life..This is a rampant history of bawds and their various lodgings, from coffee-house to whore-house. It delineates the growth of a sub-culture shaped by the development of the professional pimp and procuress, and details the uneasy relationship of the court and the courtesans." Pp.199, frontispiece + 29 further black & white illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has minor wear to corners and a small tear to the top front corner. VG/G+.

Keywords: Burford Wotton Private Vices Public Virtues Bawds Coffee Houses Whore House Bawdry London Elizabethan Regency Restoration Priss Fotheringham Bridewell Whores Mother Cresswell Pimp Social History 42488 History: : British


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