A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters (Four Volume Set) homesexual dirty finger marks or childish

dirty finger marks or childish scrawlings (as is often the case with this title)

first printings

originally from Sheffield

The early Rolling Stones

A printed notice at the front

A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters (Four Volume Set) homesexual dirty finger marks or childishLondon : W. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1779; 1781. Second edition. The first two volumes were published in 1779, vols 3 and 4 published 1781. 8vo. xvi, 451; xv, 440; xv, 518, (11); xii, 502, (8) pp. Uniformly bound in full calf with titles and volume numbers inked on to spine with a neat hand. Section of p55 56 torn out with minor loss of text. Hinges tender, esp. on vol. 3, spines rubbed and worn at foot of vol 3. Ownership name of "John