A philosophical dialogue concerning decency. To which is added a critical and historical dissertation on places of retirement for necessary occasions, Together With an Account of the Vessels and Utensils in use amongst the Ancients, being a Lecture read before a Society of learned Antiquaries. By the author of the Dissertation on barley wine
London: printed for James Fletcher in the Turl, Oxford; and sold by J. and J. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLI. [1751]. Stiff Wrappers. First (and only) Edition of this rare and curious treatise on scatology, with numerous references from classical sources illustrating various cultural attitudes toward "lavatorial behaviour." The..... more