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[JOHNSON, Samuel, contributor]. -- Saunders WELCH. A Proposal to render effectual a Plan, to remove the Nuisance of Common Prostitutes from the Streets of this Metropolis. London: C. Henderson, 1758.
8° (223 x 142 mm). Stabbed-and-sewn as issued.
FIRST EDITION of this work which scholars believe includes contributions by Samuel Johnson. The pamphlet is one of several published in the same year as the founding of the Magdalen Charity Hospital in Whitechapel, the first public asylum for prostitutes. It was the agitation expressed in this pamphlet that led to the reforms which, while not liberally-minded, expressed changing cultural values. See E.L. McAdam, Jr. “Dr. Johnson and Saunders Welch’s Proposals” in: Review of English Studies 4 (1953) pp.337-345.
8° (223 x 142 mm). Stabbed-and-sewn as issued.
FIRST EDITION of this work which scholars believe includes contributions by Samuel Johnson. The pamphlet is one of several published in the same year as the founding of the Magdalen Charity Hospital in Whitechapel, the first public asylum for prostitutes. It was the agitation expressed in this pamphlet that led to the reforms which, while not liberally-minded, expressed changing cultural values. See E.L. McAdam, Jr. “Dr. Johnson and Saunders Welch’s Proposals” in: Review of English Studies 4 (1953) pp.337-345.