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Trials for Adultery: or the History of Divorces. 7 Vols
2006400962006. ISBN-13: 9781584774686; ISBN-10: 1584774681. The Most Extensive Compilation of Eighteenth-Century English Divorce Trials Trials. Criminal Conversation. A Civilian. Trials for Adultery: Or the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons for Adultery Fornication Cruelty Impotence &c. From the Year 1760 to the Present Time. Including the whole of the Evidence on Each Cause. Together With the Letters &c. That Have Been Intercepted Between the Amorous Parties. The Whole Forming a Complete History of the Private Life Intrigues and Amours of Many Characters in the Most Elevated Sphere: Every Scene and Transaction However Ridiculous Whimsical or Extraordinary Being Fairly Represented as Becomes a Faithful Historian Who is Fully Determined Not to Sacrifice Truth at the Shrine of Guilt and Folly. Taken in Short Hand by a Civilian. London: Printed for S. Bladon 1779-1780. 7 Volumes. 30 plates. 40 42 40 45 54 122 48; 68 28 45 14 98 24 38 76; 54 26 78 29 82 38 19 76; 70 20 199 25 20 26 22; 52 48 22 305; 202 28 22 17 59 15 70; 122 50 34 23 23 39 15 21 16 20 24 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774686. ISBN-10: 1584774681. Hardcover. New. $295. With 30 plates. This is the most extensive compilation of scandalous divorce cases produced in eighteenth-century England. Produced for amusement and titillation the accounts in these volumes are valuable nevertheless for their combination of accurate reports and vivid background histories. In all this collection is a fascinating document of English social and legal attitudes toward adultery and divorce at the dawn of an era of unprecedented social change. unknown books
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