A treatise concerning the use and abuse of the marriage bed: shewing I. The nature of matrimony, its sacred original, and the true meaning of its institution. II. The gross abuse of matrimonial chastity, from the wrong notions which have possessed the world, degenerating even to whoredom. III. The diabolical practice of attempting to prevent child-bearing by physical preparations. ... VI. How married persons may be guilty of conjugal lewdness, and that a man may, in effect, make a whore of his own wife. Also, many other particulars of family concern.
| Author/creator | Defoe, Daniel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.XXVII. [1727] |
| Description | vi, 2 unnumbered pages, 406 pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Conjugal lewdness |
| General note | Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. |
| General note | A reissue of 'conjugal lewdness' of the same year, with a cancel titlepage. |
| General note | Pp.382-383 misnumbered 362-363. Variant p.298 misnumbered 288. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Moore, 489 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT70647. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Genre/form | Essays England 18th century. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |