The Ephesian And Cimmerian Matrons, Two Notable Examples Of The Power Of Love & [And] Wit [The Ephesian Matron By Walter Charleton; The Cimmerian Matron, To Which Is Added The Mysteries And Miracles Of Love. By P.M., Gent.].

London (In The Savoy): Henry Herringman, 1668. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece. Frontispiece With Two Finely Engraved Scenes "The Ephesian Matron" And "The Cimmerian Matron"; Title, With "Love & Wit."; 9 Pp A Letter Concerning The Ephesian Matron: To A Person Of Honour"; 80 Pp; Title Page The Cimmerian Matron, To Which Is Added, The Mysteries And Miracles Of Love, By P. M. Gent", 1668; 23Pp, "To The Author Of The Ephesian Matron"; 31, 32-77 Pp. [The Second Section Being "The Mysteries And Miracles Of Love"]; Catalog "Some Books Printed For Henry Herringman...", Including "Ben. Johnson's Second Volume", Probably Unsold Remaining Stock Of The Ben Jonson 1640 Folio, Herringman Having Acquired The Rights And Unsold Stock In 1667. This Copy Includes The Frontispiece With Short Title, Thus A First Title Page, And The Second Title Page Without Illustration, Other Copies Usually Lacking One Or The Other; "Love & Wit" In Second Title Page Rather Than "Love And Wit" As Sometimes Quoted. Three Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards, Red Morocco Spine Label With Finely Printed Title, Second Label (Which Had The Publisher's Name) Is A Modern Replacement; Matching Marbled Endpapers; Binding 6 1/2 " Tall. Walter Charleton (2 February 1619 - 24 April 1707) Was, According To Jon Parkin, "The Main Conduit For The Transmission Of Epicurean Ideas To England". He Entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, Under The Tuition Of John Wilkins. At The Age Of 22 He Received The Degree Of M.D. And In The Same Year Was Appointed Physician To Charles I, Who Was Then At Oxford. In 1650 Charleton Settled In London, And Was On 8 April Admitted A Candidate Of The College Of Physicians. A Royalist, He Was Appointed Physician To The Exiled King Charles Ii But Remained In London Writing, In Russell Street, Covent Garden. He Was Continued In His Office Of Physician At The Restoration, And Was One Of The First Elected Fellows Of The Royal Society In 1663; On 23 January 1676 He Was Admitted A Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians. He Gave The First Lectures Delivered In The Cutlerian Theatre In Warwick Lane, In 1680 Delivered The Harveian Oration, And Was President In 1689 And 1691. After His Last Year Of Presidency At The College Of Physicians, Charleton Left London And A Dwindling Medical Practice. He Retired To Nantwich; But Returned To London, And Was Senior Censor In The College Of Physicians From 1698 To 1706, And Delivered Harveian Orations In 1702 And 1706, When He Was Also Appointed Harveian Librarian. He Had In Early Life Read Much In Van Helmont, And Spent Time In Reading And Composition, Rather Than With Patients. Thomas Hobbes, Lord Dorchester, And Sir Francis Prujean Were His Friends. He Was A Copious Writer Also On Theology, Natural History, And Antiquities, And Published Chorea Gigantum (1663) To Prove That Stonehenge Was Built By The Danes. The Chorea Gigantum Had A Poem By John Dryden Written In Its Praise, The Epistle To Dr. Charleton, Prefixed To The Presentation Copy Given To The King. He Was One Of The "Character" Writers, And In This Kind Of Literature Wrote An Essay A Brief Discourse Concerning The Different Wits Of Men (1675). This Volume Contains The First Recorded Printed Use Of The Word "Intrigue" To Denote A Clandestine Illicit Intimacy Between A Man And A Woman, A Liaison. The Story Itself Has Been Frequently Told, Including In Voltaire's "Zadg" And Taylor's "Holy Dying".