A. J. B. Parent-Duchatelet
Bruxelles: H. Dumont, 1837.

Consideree sous le rapport de l’hygiene publique, de la morale et de l’administration. ‘Of Prostitution in the City of Paris’, “considered from the point of view of public hygiene, morals, and administration; supported by statistical documents drawn from the archives of the police, with maps and tables.” Authored by French physician Alexandre Parent-Duchatelet (1790-1836), an eminent hygienist who wrote numerous works on public health. This text, published post-humously, became his most famous and is regarded as a medical classic; a major work on the history of prostitution and one of the first empirical sociological surveys based upon nearly 8 eight years of research digging through police archives and conducting field interviews and surveys. The first edition published in 2 volumes in 1836 is considered one of the first work’s of modern sex research. This is the Second Edition to which is added an essay on his life and work by Fr. Leuret.