Delphinus, Hieronymus (pseud.?)

Eunuchi Conjugium: die Capaunen-Heyrath. Hoc est Scripta & Judicia variade conjugio inter eunuchum & virginem juvenculam Anno M. DC. LXVI, t[unc].t[emporis]. à quibusdam supremis theologorum collegiis petita, postea hincinde collecta

Halle, 1697 Judicial and theological opinions (in Latin and German) regarding the controversial marriage in 1666 of the castrato and court favorite, Bartolomeo de Sorlisi, with a young Dresden girl, Dorothy Lichtwer. The discovery of the marriage, which had the blessing of Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony, provoked a cry of outrage in many circles, including the Lutheran theological establishment as well s some in the law\y community, and Sorlisi became the unfortunate an object of abuse and mockery. Upon his death in 1672, the marriage was adnnulled in 1672, but the firestorm of controversy which erupted did not abate for many years “The marriage, and the scandal that enveloped it became part of the Saxon historical landscape So controversial was the Sorlisi-Lichter marriage, however, that EUNUCHI CONIUGIUM went through a totl of nine editions, of which this is the second. Editions followed of 1718, 1730, 1737, and 1759. OCLC locates only four copies in the US of the first (Harvard, Harvard Law, NY Academy of Medicine, and UCLA); of this second edition, only one copy is found in the US (Harvard Law) Second edition (preceded by the first edition of 1685). 8vo. [8], 159 pp. Text in Latin and German. Disbound. Title page a little soiled, slightly foxing hear and there, a few leaves dog-eared. Gay-Lemonnyer. Bibl. des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour (4. éd.); II, col. 193

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