$15,990
Sammelband of Seven Rare English Erotic and Controversial Works, c. 1638-1691. All works octavo or 12mo, including: A Shorte Treatise against Stage-Playes , [No place: no printer,] 1638, not in ESTC, 36 pages, side notes trimmed; The Curtezan unmasked: or the Whoredomes of Jezebel Painted to the Life , London: for Henry Marsh, 1664, first and only edition in ESTC, two copies worldwide, 35 pages; The Whores Dialogue Briefly Discovering the Cheats, Abuses, and Trappaning Trades which they drive; their ways to entice young Cullies; their picking Gentlemens Pockets, their alluring looks and fawning Carriage to draw in Customers; with the common dangers they lie under by the rude Rout, and destructions they come to at last. As Also A Briefe Character of a Lady of Pleasure , London: by P.L. for T. Passenger, 1668, nothing by this title listed in ESTC, two other works printed by Passenger in 1668 appear, no sign of any work titled thus, 12 pages; The Comforts of Whoreing, and the Vanity of Chastity. With a Poem in Praise of the Pox , London: Printed in the year, 1691; no record for this edition of this title in ESTC, a 1694 edition is recorded in one copy at the British Library; the present title also contains a frontispiece, 47 pages; A Protestant's Resolution: Shewing his Reasons Why He will not be a Papist , London: [imprint trimmed away], 18th c. edition, "fifth edition" on title, 67 pages; William Benn's (1600-1680) The Judgment of Mr. Francis Bamfield , London: W. God Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
