CDV: CELINE MONTALAND FRENCH ACTRESS/COURTESAN/1860s/SECOND EMPIRE/PIERRE PETIT For Sale

Ccline Montaland has an entry in the 1883 edition of “ThePretty Women of Paris,” a directory of prostitutes or courtesansbased on the Prefecture of Police files. On page 138, \"...As fat as a quail, as white as marble, and very nearly as firm as ever, with raven black hair. Such is the present condition of this actress who, now about forty-two years of age, has been on the stage since the early age of five. Rarely have we seen a more beautiful woman; all her charms are massive and superb, but her features are small and exquisitely shaped.....Every day she takes an anal injection of tepid water, and ascribes in this practice, the preservation of her lily-white complexion and smooth skin. Lately, as age creeps on, Celine has delighted in the Tantalus touches of a tribade\'s tongue, and she has debauched many young women, forcing them to kiss her numerous charms till the desired end be at last attained....\"