Nakedness consider'd, or, Reasons for not wearing of clothes / by a gentleman of great parts.

Gentleman of great parts, Nakedness consider'd, or, Reasons for not wearing of clothes , 1729

Creator:: Gentleman of great parts, author.
Title:: Nakedness consider'd, or, Reasons for not wearing of clothes / by a gentleman of great parts.
Alternate Title(s):: Nakedness consider'd
Nakedness considered
Reasons for not wearing clothes
Published/Created:: London : Printed for A. Moore, Near St. Paul's, 1729.
Physical Description:: [7], 1 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
BJ1500.N8 N35 1729+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11938313
Classification:: Books
Notes:: "As going naked is a thing of so great antiquity and now so little practis'd, I have made it my business to consider the reasons for such a change. I find they are entirely void of any foundation, and I doubt not but I shall convince all unprejudic'd persons of the absurdity of wearing any clothes."--Page [3].
"Price four-pence."--Foot of title page.
Includes head- and tail-pieces.
Subject Terms:: Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.
Nudism -- Early works to 1800.
Nudity -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:: Woodcuts -- 1729.
Contributors:: Moore, A., active 1721-1747, publisher.
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