Conjugal Lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom, 1727

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   John Overholt (overholt@glammr.us)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 05:48:14 JST John Overholt

   This was pricey but we have such a good Defoe collection I was surprised we didn't have it. His argument that sex for pleasure without the possibility of conception was fornication probably didn't make him a lot of friends but what was really shocking was the title, which was swiftly canceled and reissued as "A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed," making the original title page a considerable rarity.

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