A Flaming Whip for Lechery: or, the Whoremasters Speculum. Containing a Fearful Historical Relation of such Wicked unclean Persons, as

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A Flaming Whip for Lechery: or, the Whoremasters Speculum. Containing a Fearful Historical Relation of suchWicked unclean Persons, as have been made Publick and Private Examples of God's Divine Vengeance, for polluting themselves and others with such Abomination and Defilements. London: Printed for Eliz. Harris, at the Harrow, in Little-Britain, 1700.
First and only edition in ESTC, octavo, four copies listed worldwide, at the British Library, Yale, Huntington, and the Folger; lacking the final leaf, X8 ?blank (text ends with 'Finis' at the foot of page 318, X7); bound in later half leather; title page on guard, preliminaries with weak spots in the paper, light damp staining, toning, 7 x 4 in.

Provenance: Ex libris Charles S. Dixwell (1868-1934).
Estimate $600-800

A4, a8, B-U8, X7, lacking final ?blank.


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