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The Primitive Origination of Mankind, considered and examined according to the light of nature
Published by London, 1677
Seller: Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA, Upper Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Rebound in 3/4 leathers and boards. Title in gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece engraving by Frederick Hendrik Van Hove of Matthew Hale protected by tissue guard. Some wrinkling of pages but clean and not foxed. Hale's writings and influence as a jurist lasted for centuries, including his view that as marriage was a matter of contract between the husband and wife, there could be no such thing as marital rape, a concept in the laws of England and Wales that lasted until it was repealed in 1991. His shadow also loomed over the Salem witch trials, as he had in 1662 sentenced two English women to death for witchcraft, sorcery, and "unnatural love". His judgment is said to have influenced rulings in the Salem trials.
