Item #85267 LUCINA SINE CONCUBITU. A Treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society; In which is proved, by the most Incontestable Evidence, drawn from Reason and Practice, that a Woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any Commerce with Man. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid, F.R.H.S., F.S.A., (Scot.). Abraham Johnson, Edmund Goldsmid, John Hill.

LUCINA SINE CONCUBITU. A Treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society; In which is proved, by the most Incontestable Evidence, drawn from Reason and Practice, that a Woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any Commerce with Man. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid, F.R.H.S., F.S.A., (Scot.).

np: Privately Printed, [c. 1930]. Original blue wrappers, printed in gold. Some creasing to edges, else very good.

Item #85267

8vo. [iv]+32pp. This curious pamphlet, which was actually written by John Hill, M.D., and signed: Abraham Johnson, was written and published by Hill as a hoax upon the Royal Society, in revenge for his rejection as a candidate for membership.

Price: $35.00