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[Gauthier, Abbé François-Louis].—Treatise Against the Love of Ornaments and the Luxury of Clothing, by the author of the Treatise Against Dancing and Indecent Songs. Second edition, expanded with several important reflections; a useful work, primarily for fathers, mothers, and nuns who take in boarders, whether young or old. Paris: Augustin-Martin Lottin, the Elder, 1780. Small 12mo, bound in period full marbled calfskin with a smooth, decorated spine and a burgundy title label—tear at the top cap, leather-covered joints, rubbed corners—XII pp. (frontispiece, title page, preface, table of contents, approval), 250 pp. (including the Papal Edict in Italian, translated into French in the text on p. 89)