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[WOODWARD, Josiah (1657-1712)]. An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminster, and other Parts of the Kingdom… London: B. Aylmer, 1699. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary full brown calf, boards stamped in blind (binding worn, scuffed, endleaves missing, text toned, soiled). Provenance: ink markings on inner front cover and recto of frontispiece of Samuel Holt. FIRST EDITION. In this treatise, Woodward describes how he would recommend eliminating debauchery and drunkenness.