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Lot 367

PRYNNE (WILLIAM)
The Unlovelinesse, of Love-Lockes. Or, a Summarie Discourse, Prooving: the Wearing, and Nourishing of a Locke, or Love-Locke, to Be altogether Unseemly

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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PRYNNE (WILLIAM)

The Unlovelinesse, of Love-Lockes. Or, a Summarie Discourse, Prooving: the Wearing, and Nourishing of a Locke, or Love-Locke, to Be altogether Unseemly, first edition, with "needs" spelling on D2, without initial blank, modern crushed morocco [STC 20477.5], small 4to, London, [no publisher], 1628

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In addition to love-locks Prynne argues against "face-painting; the wearing of supposititious, poudred, frizled, or extraordinary long haire; the inordinate affectation of corporall beautie; and womens mannish, unaturall, impudent and unchristian cutting of their haire; the epidemicall vanities, and vices of our age".

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