Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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TRIALS. 1701 SCARCE PAMPHLET ON THE MARITAL ABUSE OF THE COUNTESS OF ANGLESEY
Trials, divorce & violence against women. 1701 A Letter from a Peer to a Member of the House of Commons, about the Countess of Anglesey's Bill. Detailing the allegations of physical abuse by James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey to his wife, Lady Catherine Darnley, illegitimate daughter of James II by Catherine Sedley. Including detail on her bruises & violence during her pregnancy as witnessed by her maidservants. No printer stated, some leaves unopened to top edges, edgewear & age-toning to edges commensurate with age. An exceptionally scarce pamphlet in support of James Annesley, who died the year following the divorce's completion, while Lady Darnley went on to wed John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normandy. Divorce created enormous scandal at the turn of the 18th century, this being a particularly uncommon example brought about by the wife rather than the husband as law permitted. Unbound, 12pp, 4to.
Sold for £40
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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