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[MADAN, MARTIN.] Thelyphthora; or, A Treatise on Female Ruin. 3 volumes. 8vo, 212x130 mm, later 19th-century 1/2 morocco, spines faded, joints rubbed; contents toned and foxed, occasional minor stains, scattered marginalia, including a few in Hebrew in Volume 1. London: J. Dodsley, 1781
Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a defense of polygamy by a Methodist divine (1726-90), who believed that it was justified by Mosaic law and consistent with Christianity. The original edition appeared the year before in 2 volumes.
