Onania, or the heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences in both sexes, considered. : With spiritual and physical advice to those who have already injur'd themselves by this abominable practice.

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Onania, or the heinous sin of self-pollution, and all its frightful consequences in both sexes, considered. : With spiritual and physical advice to those who have already injur'd themselves by this abominable practice. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for, and sold by P. Varenne bookseller, at Seneca's-Head, near Sommerset-House, in the Strand, [1716?]

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iv, 92 pages ; 8vo (18 cm)

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ESTC N493137

Notes

Printed on title-page: Price Is.
Error in printing: page iv misnumbered v.
First edition?
Date of publication given in Michael Stolberg's article 'Self-pollution, moral reform, and the venereal trade: notes on the sources and historical context of 'Onania' (1716)' in Journal of the history of sexuality. Vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 37-61.
Attributed to a 'Dr. Bekkers', and more recently John Marten (fl. 1692-1737): Stolberg, pp. 52-55.
Copy 1. Bookplate of Clements C. Fry, M. D. on verso of title-page. From the library of Edwin Clarke.

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