Item #86454 THELYPHTHORA; OR, A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS, VIZ. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, AND FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, DIVORCE; WITH MANY OTHER INCIDENTAL MATTERS; PARTICULARLY INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND TENDENCY OF STAT. 26 GEO. II, C. 33. COMMONLY CALLED THE MARRIAGE ACT. (VOLUME III ONLY). Martin Madan.
THELYPHTHORA; OR, A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS, VIZ. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, AND FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, DIVORCE; WITH MANY OTHER INCIDENTAL MATTERS; PARTICULARLY INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND TENDENCY OF STAT. 26 GEO. II, C. 33. COMMONLY CALLED THE MARRIAGE ACT. (VOLUME III ONLY)
THELYPHTHORA; OR, A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS, VIZ. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, AND FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, DIVORCE; WITH MANY OTHER INCIDENTAL MATTERS; PARTICULARLY INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND TENDENCY OF STAT. 26 GEO. II, C. 33. COMMONLY CALLED THE MARRIAGE ACT. (VOLUME III ONLY)
THELYPHTHORA; OR, A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS, VIZ. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, AND FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, DIVORCE; WITH MANY OTHER INCIDENTAL MATTERS; PARTICULARLY INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND TENDENCY OF STAT. 26 GEO. II, C. 33. COMMONLY CALLED THE MARRIAGE ACT. (VOLUME III ONLY)

THELYPHTHORA; OR, A TREATISE ON FEMALE RUIN, IN ITS CAUSES, EFFECTS, CONSEQUENCES, PREVENTION, AND REMEDY; CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE LAW: UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS, VIZ. MARRIAGE, WHOREDOM, AND FORNICATION, ADULTERY, POLYGAMY, DIVORCE; WITH MANY OTHER INCIDENTAL MATTERS; PARTICULARLY INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND TENDENCY OF STAT. 26 GEO. II, C. 33. COMMONLY CALLED THE MARRIAGE ACT. (VOLUME III ONLY)

London, England: J. Dodsley, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. VOLUME III ONLY. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.1 in., pp. xxii, 402, [10] (index). Original light-blue publisher's boards. Remnant of paper spine with word "Thelyphthora" in manuscript and the number "3" to spine. both boards detached but present. Rubbing to extremities; boards soiled and rubbed, with corners rounded and exposed. Headband and footband worn off. Scuffing and pencil and ink marks to front and rear pastedowns. Front and rear free endpapers detached but present; half title missing. One inch open tear on top corner and foxing to title page. Wrinkle to upper corner of first 20 pages, but legibility unaffected Age-toning to pages. Textblock is tight. Fair. Item #86454

Martin Madan (1726 – 1790) was an English barrister, clergyman, and writer, known for his contribution to Methodist music, 'The Lock Hospital Collection'... In 1780, Madan raised a storm of opposition by the publication of his Thelyphthora, or A Treatise on Female Ruin, in which he advocated polygamy as the remedy for evils he deplored. His arguments were based mainly on scriptural authority; but his book caused many angry replies. . (from Wikipedia).

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