[Defoe, Daniel]. A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: T. Warner, 1727, woodcut headpieces and initials, red morocco bookplate of W.A. Foyle to front free endpaper recto, armorial bookplate of Benjamin Chandler Junior to front pastedown, old printed bookseller's description mounted to front pastedown, damp-stained to lower margins throughout (heavier to first and last leaves), contemporary Cambridge panelled full calf, later black morocco title label lettered in gilt, upper joint cracked, worn, boards stained at foot, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Moore 489; Rothschild 781. The scarce second issue of Defoe's Conjugal Lewdness: or, Matrimonial Whoredom, first published in January 1727, with this second issue appearing in June the same year. The first issue caused an outcry but despite toning down the provocative title Defoe kept the same text, maintaining that marriage should be a state of equality and companionship, criticising those who marry for money or position, and attacking contraception or "the diabolical practice of attempting to prevent childbearing by physical preparations".
[Defoe, Daniel]. A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: T. Warner, 1727, woodcut headpieces and initials, red morocco bookplate of W.A. Foyle to front free endpaper recto, armorial bookplate of Benjamin Chandler Junior to front pastedown, old printed bookseller's description mounted to front pastedown, damp-stained to lower margins throughout (heavier to first and last leaves), contemporary Cambridge panelled full calf, later black morocco title label lettered in gilt, upper joint cracked, worn, boards stained at foot, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Moore 489; Rothschild 781. The scarce second issue of Defoe's Conjugal Lewdness: or, Matrimonial Whoredom, first published in January 1727, with this second issue appearing in June the same year. The first issue caused an outcry but despite toning down the provocative title Defoe kept the same text, maintaining that marriage should be a state of equality and companionship, criticising those who marry for money or position, and attacking contraception or "the diabolical practice of attempting to prevent childbearing by physical preparations".
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