494 Pages
by
Routledge
494 Pages
by
Routledge
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This set reprints many of the 18th century's most notorious works, including eight from "The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head" (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and in some cases helped shape laws on censorship that survived into modernity.
Acknowledgements, Introduction, An Apology for a Latin Verse in Commendation of Mr. Marten's Gonosologium Novum (1709), A Short Narrative of an Extraordinary Delivery of Rabbets (1727, for 1726?), Cunicularii; or, The Wise Men of Godliman in Consultation (1726), The Discovery: or, The Squire Turn'd Ferret (1727, for 1726), The Man-Midwife Unmasqu'd (1738, first published 1734), The Trial of Lady Ann Foley; for Adultery (1778), The History of Colonel Francis Ch-rtr-s (1730), Modern Propensities; or, An Essay on the Art of Strangling (1791), A Genuine Narrative of All the Street Robberies Committed Since October Last, by James Dalton and His Accomplices (1728), A Faithful Narrative of the Proceedings in a Late Affair Between John Swinton and George Baker (1739), The Female Husband: or, The Surprising History of Mrs. Mary, Alias Mr. George Hamilton (1746), Notes to the Texts, Index to Primary Texts
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Edited by Rictor Norton
