Aristotle's last legacy, unfolding the mystery of nature in the generation of man: treating I. Of virginity, its signs and tokens, and how a man may know whether he married a virgin or not. II. Of the organs of generation in woman, with a description of the fabrick of the womb. III. Of the use and action of genitals in the work of generation. IV. Of conception; and how to know whether a woman has conceived, and whether of a male or female. V. Of the pleasure and advantage of marriage; with the unhappy consequences of unequal matches, and miseries of unlawful love. VI. Of barrenness, with remedy against it; and the signs of insufficiency, both in men and women. VII. Directions to both sexes how to manage themselves in the act of coition, or their venereal embraces. VIII. A vade mecum for midwives and nurses, containing particular directions for the faithful discharge of their several employments. IX. Excellent remedies against all diseases incident to virgins and child-bearing women: fitted

All titles

• Aristotle's last legacy, unfolding the mystery of nature in the generation of man: treating I. Of virginity, its signs and tokens, and how a man may know whether he married a virgin or not. II. Of the organs of generation in woman, with a description of the fabrick of the womb. III. Of the use and action of genitals in the work of generation. IV. Of conception; and how to know whether a woman has conceived, and whether of a male or female. V. Of the pleasure and advantage of marriage; with the unhappy consequences of unequal matches, and miseries of unlawful love. VI. Of barrenness, with remedy against it; and the signs of insufficiency, both in men and women. VII. Directions to both sexes how to manage themselves in the act of coition, or their venereal embraces. VIII. A vade mecum for midwives and nurses, containing particular directions for the faithful discharge of their several employments. IX. Excellent remedies against all diseases incident to virgins and child-bearing women: fitted
• Aristotle's Masterpiece. Abridgement.

People / Organizations

• Catherine Ware ("printed for")
• Stanley Crowder ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for C.Hitch and L. Hawes; S. Crowder and Co. H. Woodgate and S. Brooks; in Paternoster-Row; and C. Ware, Ludgate-Hill, 1761.

Added name

Aristotle, attributed name.; Ware, C. (Catharine), bookseller. ; C. Hitch and L. Hawes (Firm), bookseller.; S. Crowder and Co., bookseller.; Henry Woodgate and Samuel Brooks, bookseller.

Publication year

1761

ESTC No.

N504342

Grub Street ID

435919

Description

120 p. : ill. (woodcut) ; 12°.

Note

Not in fact by Aristotle; the attribution is spurious

A rearranged abridgment of 'Aristotle's master-piece'

Frontispiece illustration

Signatures: A-E]1]2.