The case of impotency debated, in the late famous tryal at Paris : between the marquis de Gesvres and his lady, Mademoiselle de Mascramy ; who after three years of marriage, commenced a suit against him for impotency. Containing, I. The pleading at large on both sides. II. The reports of the king's physicians and surgeons appointed to search the parties. III. A collection of the most authentick parallel cases upon this head, both ancient and modern, confirmed by the authority of papal decrees, councils, fathers, the judgments of the best canonists, civilians, and common lawyers.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street,
1715.
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| Edition: | The second edition. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Recueil general des pieces contenues au procez de monsieur le marquis de Gesvres ... Translation attributed to John Ozell. Signatures: [A]³ B-O¹² P⁸ (P8 blank); A-H¹² I⁴. Pagination: Volume 1. 4 unnumbered pages, 326 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; Volume 2. 197 pages, 3 unnumbered pages. "Madam de Gesvres, on the 19th of Feb. 1712, presented her petition to the official, setting forth that her husband is impotent ... begging to have her marriage with the marquis de Gesvres declar'd null." v. 2, p. 75. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes ; 16 x 10 cm |