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In our Catalogue this is Booknumber V73752

Author Lyser (or Leyser), Johann 1631-1684] here under pseudonym Theophilus Aletheus
Title POLYGAMIA TRIUMPHATRIX, Id est Discursus Politicus DE POLYGAMIA Auctore Theophil Aletheo, cum Notis Athanasii Vincentii, Omnibus Anti-Polygamis ubique locorum, terrarum, insularum, pagorum, urbium, modeste` & pie` opposita.
PlacePub Londini Scanorum(ie Lund in Sweden) but actually Amsterdam according to British Library
Publisher Sumtibus Authoris [for the author]
Date 1682
Illustrations
Description Quarto later calf (rebacked) Titlepage +[7]pp To Reader +[1] blank +565pp +[1] blank + 532pp addenda & indexes +[2]pp blanks. Minor edge dusting/browning no foxing a clean tight copy in double column pages. *Third and most complete edition of this history of Polygamy through the ages defending plural marriages. Lyser was a Lutheran Pastor and quotes Luther's comments on the practice. He argued that polygamy was not only lawful, but a blessed estate commanded by God (Ditchfield, Books Fatal to their Authors, 1894 p56). This book was first published 1674 - in 1677 the King of Denmark ordered the entire edition to be destroyed and the author was threatened with capital punishment. Thus a false imprint here, and Lyser's name hidden by a pseudonym - which did not prevent him from being hounded from country to country.
Booknumber V73752
Price Price: GBP 270.00 or USD 332.00
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