Curious Cases of Flagellation in France
Auteur / Author : Anonyme
Titre / Title : Curious Cases of Flagellation in France considered from a legal, medical and historical standpoint with reference to analogous cases in England, Germany, Italy, America, Australia and the Soudan
Épigraphe / Epigraph : "He is much mistaken, in my opinion, who thinks that authority exerted by force, is more weighty and more lasting than that which is enjoined by kindness." Terence, Adelphi.
Éditeur / Publisher : Privately Printed [ Charles Carrington ]
Lieu d’édition / Place of Publication : Paris
Collection / Series :
Année d’édition originale / First Year of Publication : 1898 (first version), 1901
Année d’édition / Year of Publication : 1901
Période / Period : XXe siècle / 20th Century, (1900-1909)
Nombre de pages / Number of Pages : 269
Illustrateur / Illustrator : Frontispiece painted by A. E. G., engraved by L. Valperga, reproduced by the firm Goupil.
Illustration : Frontispice, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. / Frontispiece and many head and tail pieces.
Langue / Language : Langue anglaise / English Language
Caractéristiques / Specifications : Couverture de toile brune avec dorures. Tirage limité à 500 exemplaires. / Brown cloth cover, gilded. Limited edition of 500 copies.
Notes : The first version of this work was entitled Flagellation in France from a Medical and Historical Standpoint, and was published as a complement to Dr. Cabanès’ Curious Bypaths of History, Charles Carrington, 1898.
The Curious Cases of Flagellation in France are a considerably enlarged edition and were Privately Printed for the subscribers to Dr. Cabanès’ Bypaths of History, 1901.
Translated in French and published as Jean de Villiot, Étude sur la flagellation à travers le monde. Aux points de vue historique, médical, religieux, domestique et conjugal, avec un exposé documentaire de la flagellation dans les écoles anglaises et les prisons militaires, Charles Carrington, 1899, enlarged edition in 1901.
Référence / Reference : BL : Cup.410.f.879.
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