4th Dec, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 40
 

40

Anon The Benefits and Privileges of Cuckolds Shewing the Little Disgrace There is in Being One, and

Anon The Benefits and Privileges of Cuckolds Shewing the Little Disgrace There is in Being One, and the Obligations Men Sometimes have to Their Wives for Conferring That Honour Upon Them...Humbly dedicated to Mother H----gg-r [Heidegger]. Printed for A. Moore, 1728. 8vo, unbound pamphlet; pp.32. First ed.
Anon
Thoughts on the Propriety of Preventing Marriages founded on Adultery. Printed at the Philanthropic Reform by J. Richardson, for F. and C. Rivington and J. Hatchard, 1800. 8vo, unbound pamphlet; pp. 27, blank.
Two very different takes on adultery from almost opposite ends of the century. The first is a ribald piece, in the vein of 18th century rakishness, whilst the latter is a moralising sermon, with that curious sexism of the liberal minds of the 19th century, simultaneously seeking mercy for the erring wife, whilst inherently positioning her as the defiler of the marriage bed. [2]

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

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