8vo. [2], viii, 165pp, [2]. Nineteenth century calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting.

The sole edition of Methodist preacher Thomas Wills's (1740-1802) first published work, a polemic denouncing the licentious principles advocated by Church of England clergyman Martin Madan (1725-1790) in his controversial treatise Thelyphthora (1780), which argued for the for the social benefits of polygamy.

ESTC records copies at locations in the British Isles (BL, Manchester, and Oxford), and a further four in North America (Harvard, Kentucky, Rice, and UTS).