Anthropometamorphosis: man transform'd; or, the artificial changeling : Historically presented, in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of the most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / By J.B. sirnamed, the Chirosopher.

Accession number: 
PML 5383
Author: 
J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656.
Published: 
London : W. Hunt, 1653.
Description: 
[26] leaves, 559 p., [15] leaves : engr. front., woodcut ill. & plate
Credit: 
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes: 

1st ed., 1650 has port. of author in title.
A variant, with prelim. sig.* 1-4 reset.
Ed. 2.

Binding: 
Red morocco - wood cut ill.
Variant Title: 

Binder's title: "Artificial changeling"

Provenance: 
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
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