A view of ancient laws against immorality and profaneness ...
By: collected from the Jewish, Roman, Greek, Gothic, Lombard and other laws down to the middle of the eleventh century, by John Disney ...
Publisher: Printed for Corn. Crownfield ...
Published: 1729
Place of publication: Cambridge; and John Crownfield ... in St. Pauls Church-yard [London] ; and also sold by J. and J. Knapton [London]
Language: eng; lat; grc
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Criminal law; History; Prostitution; Blasphemy; Perjury; Sunday legislation; Liquor laws; Poor laws; Theater; Law and legislation; Dueling; Ancient Law; Digests; Medieval Law; Law and ethics; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Corpus legum de moribus reformandis
Notes: Signatures: a-d⁴ A-Vv⁴ Xx-Yy².

"The subscribers to this work": p. [22]-[24]; includes proposals of 1713, for a "Corpus legum de moribus reformandis", p. [8]-[9].

Extracts from the original laws, in Greek and Latin, are printed as marginal notes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) Profane swearing, cursing and blasphemy; title: Perjury; title: Profanation of days devoted to religion; title: Contempt or neglect of divine service; title: Drunkenness; title: Gaming; title: Idleness, vagrancy, and begging; title: Stage-plays and players; title: And duelling.