A Philosophical Dialogue concerning Decency. To which is added a Critical and Historical Dissertation on Places of Retirement for necessary Occasions, Together With an Account of the Vessels and Utensils in use amongst the Ancients, being a Lecture read before a Society of learned Antiquaries. By the Author of the Dissertation on Barley Wine

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First and only edition. Quarto: 47, (1 index)pp. Title page a little soiled and has a few ink spots, but a good copy in modern stiff marbled wrappers. A dissertation in the form of a dialogue on the history of public bathrooms. In it, Rolleston coins the word "watercloset. A scarce and curious treatise on scatology, with numerous references from classical sources illustrating various cultural attitudes toward "lavatorial behaviour." The second part describes various historical types of receptacles for human excrement and urine. N° de ref. del artículo PN170

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