Pornography’s Past: Sexual Publishing

“OBSCENE BOOKS.—James Tivner, of 68 Centre Street, made an affidavit before Judge Osborne, on Thursday last, setting forth that he had called at the store of one John Atcheson, 76 Nassau street, and purchased a book called “The Mysteries of Venus; Or, The Amatory Life and Adventures of Miss Kitty Pry,” and that he believes that the sale ... ................
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