Jacob, Giles / 2008-07-26 00:00:00

EBOOK TRACTUS DE HERMAPHRODITES ***


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=_Tractatus de Hermaphroditis_:=
=OR, A=
=TREATISE=
=OF=
=HERMAPHRODITES,=
=CONTAINING=
I. A Description of the several Sorts of HERMAPHRODITES, and how the
Law regards them in respect to Matrimony.
II. Intrigues of HERMAPHRODITES and Masculine FEMALES, and of the
outward Marks to distinguish them.
III. The material Cause and Generation of HERMAPHRODITES, of
unnatural BIRTHS, Generation of MONSTERS, extraordinary CONCEPTIONS,
&c.
=_LONDON_:=
=Printed for E. CURLL _Fleet-street_.=
=MDCCXVIII.=


PREFACE.

_Prefaces now a Days are rather Apologies for the Works to which they
are prefix'd, than written for Instruction; and generally a ludicrous
Scene is expected, if the Performance be of an airy Nature; or, if not,
at least an introductory Specimen of what the Reader may hope for in the
Body of the Work_.
_I shall make no Apology for my Subject, notwithstanding an impudent
Libeller has endeavour'd to load Authors and Publishers of Works of
this Nature with the utmost Infamy; and herein I admire at the Front of
the Fellow, to pretend to Chastise others for Writing only, when he
practises a great deal more Iniquity than any Book extant can prompt him
to, every Day that comes over his Head_.
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