Defoe, Conjugal Lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom, 1727, rare first issue

DEFOE, DANIEL

Conjugal Lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom. For T. Warner, 1727 

8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, title-page printed in red and black, red morocco gilt by F. Bedford, gilt turn ins, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 

VERY RARE.

First issue of Defoe’s Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed.

"A didactic treatise...describing the many offenses that make a hell of the sacred state of marriage and stigmatising the many sorts of vice and sexual immorality that may be practiced under its cloak." (Furbank & Owens)

The last copy of this first issue recorded at auction sold in these rooms over 50 years ago.

LITERATURE:

Furbank and Owens 235(P); Moore 489

PROVENANCE:

W.A. Coats, (1853-1926), of Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire (and later of Dalskairth, Dumfries); thence by descent

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