The cases of polygamy, concubinage, adultery, divorce, &c., seriously and learnedly discussed : being a compleat collection of all the remarkable tryals and tracts which have been written on those important subjects / by the Most eminent hands.

The blessings of polygamy displayed, in an affectionate address to the Rev. Martin Madan : occasioned by his late work, entitled Thelyphthora, or, A treatise on female ruin / by Richard Hill, Esq.

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The cases of polygamy, concubinage, adultery, divorce, &c., seriously and learnedly discussed : being a compleat collection of all the remarkable tryals and tracts which have been written on those important subjects / by the Most eminent hands.

The blessings of polygamy displayed, in an affectionate address to the Rev. Martin Madan : occasioned by his late work, entitled Thelyphthora, or, A treatise on female ruin / by Richard Hill, Esq.