Accession number
PML 142082-83
Published
London : Printed by H. Trapp ... and sold by Mr. Hookham ..., 1785.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed.
Author's preface discusses women as authors.
Errata sheet is tipped into v. 1, following the first leaf.
Fiction structured as a series of letters.
List of subscribers, v. 2, p. [285-308].
Most signatures are 4to; a few are 8vo.
Signatures: v. 1: a⁸ A-S⁸; v. 2: pi² A-X⁸ Y⁴.
Author's preface discusses women as authors.
Errata sheet is tipped into v. 1, following the first leaf.
Fiction structured as a series of letters.
List of subscribers, v. 2, p. [285-308].
Most signatures are 4to; a few are 8vo.
Signatures: v. 1: a⁸ A-S⁸; v. 2: pi² A-X⁸ Y⁴.
Description
2 v. ([i-ii], [2], [iii]-xvi, 287, [1]; [4], 283, [25] p.) ; 19 cm
Provenance
Godman bookplate (probably of a woman); inscription on verso of flyleaf in v. 1 reads: The late Queen Charlotte's copy; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco, gold-tooled in "wavy" dentelles.
Classification
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