Lucina Sine Concubitu; Lucine, Affranchie des Loix du Concours; Ouvrage Singulier, Traduit de l'Anglais de Johnson, par le citoyen Moet,; Dans lequel il est pleinement demontre par des preuves tirees de la theorie et de la pratique, qu'une femme peut concevoir et enfanter sans le commerce de l'homme.
Paris: Chez Mercier, 1795. 73, [1] pages. Slim 16mo, attractively bound in older dark brown flexible leather; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Paris: Chez Mercier, An IIIe (1795). Nouvelle edition. "In 1750 the British Royal Society received a curious report titled Lucina Sine Concubita, which translated means "Pregnancy without Intercourse". In the letter the writer argued that women could become pregnant without having engaged in any sexual activity, due to the presence of microscopic "floating animalcula" present in the air....... More