Turner, John

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Description

Turner, John
A Discourse on Fornication: Shewing the Greatness of that Sin; and Examining the Excuses pleaded for it, from the Examples of Antient Times. To which is added an Appendix concerning Concubinage; As also A Remark of Mr. Butler's Explication of Hebr. xiii. 4. in his Late Book on that Subject. London: John Wyat, 1698
paper, ink, leather

4to (8 x 6 1/8 in.; 203 x 155 mm). Minimal wear and soiling. Brown crushed morocco by Riviere, spine gilt-lettered gilt dentelles, edges gilt. Slipcase.

Provenance

Frank P. Hadley (bookplate with vignette depicting oil derricks)

Literature

Wing T3307a; Hazlitt II, 250

Catalogue Note

First edition. A fine copy with wide margins. Turner (d. 1713) was the vicar of Greenwich and the author of fifteen books (although Wing lists only this title). He states his message succinctly in the last sentence of his treatise: "Marriage is Honourable and the Marriage Bed undefiled: but Whore-mongers and Adulterers God will Judge."