Linda,
  Thank you VERY much!  Sure enough, I looked again over lunch and Levy's
note does mention an undated reprint in addition to the "Williamsburg
1775."   I was more than a little suspicious, for personally I've only
seen genuine American titles of this sort for New Orleans . . .

Now I suppose serious libraries are put in that conundrum of needing to
acquire this bogus book (presumably a Virginia imprint, too) as a record
of the prank and all.

Once again, thank you.
Jon

> Yes, It's a fake apparently done for a private party that has now found
> its way into some bookstores and other outlets. It's a knock-off based
> on Ranger's Impartial List of the Ladies of Pleasure in Edinburgh,
> originally published in 1775 which is the real thing.
>
> Linda H. Rowe
> Historical Research
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