Lot 397
Polygamy.- Concubinage and Poligamy Disprov'd: or, The Divine Institution of Marriage Betwixt one Man, and one Woman only, first edition, 1698.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Polygamy.- Concubinage and Poligamy Disprov'd: or, The Divine Institution of Marriage Betwixt one Man, and one Woman only, first edition, light foxing and some soiling, modern antique-style calf-backed boards, [Wing C5714], 8vl, for R. Baldwin, 1698.
⁂ Rare at auction with only one copy in the last 70 years. Written in reply to John Butler's 1697 work which argued for "lawful concubinage in a case of necessity".
Description
Polygamy.- Concubinage and Poligamy Disprov'd: or, The Divine Institution of Marriage Betwixt one Man, and one Woman only, first edition, light foxing and some soiling, modern antique-style calf-backed boards, [Wing C5714], 8vl, for R. Baldwin, 1698.
⁂ Rare at auction with only one copy in the last 70 years. Written in reply to John Butler's 1697 work which argued for "lawful concubinage in a case of necessity".