Lucina Sine Concubitu

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire: Printed & published at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. First edition thus, 1/500 copies printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press. 12mo. (4), 40), (1) pp. Three plates, title page vignette. Addressing the premise that "a woman may conceive and be brought to bed without any commerce with man," the… Read more about this item

Berkshire: The Giolden Cockerel Press, 1930. No. 319 of 500 copies. Fine. No. 319 of 500 copies. 12m0. (iv), 41p. Illustrated by Hester Sainsbury with three copper engravings. Bound in gilt-titled quarter parchment over pattern paper boards, t.e.g. Golden Cockerel Bibliography, No. 70.

Paris: Chez Mercier, 1795. hardcover. 73, [1] pages. Slim 16mo, attractively bound in older dark brown flexible leather; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Paris: Chez Mercier, An IIIe (1795). Nouvelle edition.<br/><br/> "In 1750 the British Royal Society received a curious report titled Lucina Sine Concubita, which translated means "Pregnancy without Intercourse". In the letter the writer argued that women… Read more about this item

Berkshire: Golden Cockerel, 1930. hardcover. fine. With 3 Engravings on copper by Hester Sainsbury, with tissue guards. 40pp. Short thin 8vo, vellum-backed printed boards, t.e.g.; partly uncut. Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. Fine.<br/><br/> The text is reprinted from the edition of 1750. One of 500 numbered copies.<br/><br/>