Parthenogenesis, Virginal Births and Plays
Item 31894A bound volume of 5 works including... Antoine Houdar de la Motte's "Le Magnifique, Comedie en Deux Actes," [Paris, 1749...
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Various places: 1744-50. Parthenogenesis, Virginal Births and Plays. The Hill piece relates to parthenogenesis in humans and animals and is a translation of "Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter...to the Royal Society in which is proved...that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man." The..... Read More Item Details for A bound volume of 5 works including... Antoine Houdar de la Motte's "Le Magnifique, Comedie en Deux Actes," [Paris, 1749, pp. [4], 1-43]; Desmahis' "L'Impertinent, Comedie en un Acte and en vers," [Paris: Chez Pault, 1750, pp. [7], 4-40]; Sir John Hill's "Lucina sine Concubitu, Lucine Affranchie des Loix du Concours...traduit de l'anglois d'Abraham Johnson," [N. P., 1750, pp. [2], [i]-x, [1]-57; "Concubitus sine Lucina; ou Le Plaisir sans peine. Résponse à la Lettre intitulée Lucina sine concubitu,"signed in text "Richard Roe," (pseud.) [Londres (i.e. Netherlands), 1750, pp. 57]; Pierre Grosley, Andre Lefevre, David and others' "Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions, Belles Lettres, Beaux Arts, &c Nouvellement établie à Troyes en Champagne. Tome I. [Liege: Chez G. Barnabe, 1744, pp. 72] Add to Wish List
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