MAGDALEN HOSPITAL FOR PENITENT PROSTITUTES - FIFTH EDITION

1776 An Account of the Rise Progress and Present State of the Magdalen Hospital for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes, Together with Dr. Dodd's Sermons, to which are Added the Advice to the Magdalens; with the Psalms, Hymns, Prayers, Rules and List of Subscribers. The Fifth Edition. Printed by W. Faden for the Charity, and sold at the Hospital, St. George's-Fields MDCCLXXVI [Price 3s. 6.]. Full contemporary tree calf binding, front joint starting (reinforced in the 20th century to the hinge. Armorial bookplate of Owen Aubrey Sherrard to ffep. Engraved frontispiece depicting a 'penitent prostitute'. A scarce work on the history of prostitution & institutionalisation. 12mo.