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Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness; Ham has already witnessed it. Etching by Viguet after C.P. Marillier.

The world's infection. Or A relation of the monstrous and abominable sin of women : being Adamiani partly: that is, with their naked breasts and outstretched necks, like the wanton dames of Zion.

A brief history of nakedness / Philip Carr-Gomm.

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The world's infection. Or A relation of the monstrous and abominable sin of women : being Adamiani partly: that is, with their naked breasts and outstretched necks, like the wanton dames of Zion.

Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness; Ham has already witnessed it. Etching by Viguet after C.P. Marillier.

A brief history of nakedness / Philip Carr-Gomm.