LOT 3105
29th March 2022
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LOT 3105
POLYGAMY. - [Martin MADAN.] Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise of Female Ruin, in its Causes, Effects, Consequences, Prevention, and Remedy; considered on the basis of the Divine Law. London: J. Dodsley, 1781. Vol. 1 (only). Second edition, 8vo (228 x 135mm.) (Toning, occasional browning, front blank with minor loss, rear blank partially adhering to pastedown.) Near contemporary vellum-backed boards (damp-stained, rubbing to extremities, soiling). Note: a defence of polygamy as a solution to the problem of prostitution. It caused a storm of outrage. Provenance: George West (name-plate to the front pastedown). - And a further eight miscellaneous volumes (including the fourth edition of Isaac Taylor's 'Scenes in Africa', 1824, 12mo, and C.M. Delagardette's 'Règles des Cinq Ordres D'Architecture de Vignole', 1823, 4to) (9).
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