Adultery (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 20 x 29 cms. Category: Journal of Roman Studies; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 14 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Printed before 1800; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Edinburgh Annual Register. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid portrait, engraved by William Thomas Fry (1787-1835). Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative. Engraved By William Thomas Fry (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Seven volumes. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985. §A facsimile of the 1779 edition published by S. Bladon. Original pale blue cloth, black lettering. No dustwrappers as issued. An uncirculated ex-college library copy, with the following library markings: labels discreetly removed from foot of spines and from rear boards; 3 x 1 cm. stamp to front pastedowns; neat withdrawn stamp to front free endpapers; 5 digit number discreetly stamped to foot of titles; pocket to last endpapers; stamp to all edges of textblock. In other respects a very good set. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 6 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required - please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

First edition, 8vo, 20pp., a little foxed, disbound.

Not illustrated; viii and 56 pp. pp. 8vo in half-sheets, lacking the final blank; now bound in modern blue paper wrappers with typed label. Text somewhat soiled, particularly at edges; first 4 leaves with small horizontal closed tear, not affecting text; title with small loss in the bottom gutter. ESTC N25456.A record of the notorious trial of Captain James Gambier (later Vice Admiral) for adultery with Sir Charles Knowles's wife, Maria Magdalena Therese de Bouget (1733-1796). Interestingly the wife's maiden name is given as Plusbee, although it was actually Bouget. …

Bound with 3 Other Trials. 4 works in 1. Rare Accounts of "Modern Gallantry and Divorces," One Overlooked by the English Short-Title Catalogue [Trials]. [Adultery]. A Civilian of Doctor's Commons. A New Collection of Trials for Adultery: Or, General History of Modern Gallantry and Divorces. Containing a Variety of the Most Remarkable Trials.From the Year 1780, To the Present Time. [.] Embellished with an Elegant Set of Plates, Representing the Most Striking Scenes Described in the Work, Whether Humorous, Ridiculous, Whimsical or Amorous. London: Printed, for the Proprietors, And Sold by J. Gill, 1799. [544] pp. Irregularly paginated. With 11 copperplate illustrations and a copperplate frontispiece. [Bound with] Campbell, Harriet, Defendant. Summary of the Proceedings in Doctors' Commons, In a Cause Instituted by Charles Colin Campbell, Esq. Against Harriet His Wife, For Adultery. London: Printed for Allen and West, 1796. With a half-title. [vi], 42 pp. [and] Hope (Biscoe), Susanna Harriot [1768-1839], Defendant. The Trial of Mrs. Biscoe, For Adultery with Robert Gordon, Esq. London: Printed for Allen and West, 1794. With a half-title. [ii], 74, [2] pp. With a half-title; final leaf blank. [and] Newton, Catherine [b.1756], Defendant. The Trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq.Upon a Libel and Allegations, Charging Her with the Crime of Adultery. London: Printed for the Proprietors, and Sold by C. Etherington [et al.], 1782. [ii], 112 pp. Part I only. Together 4 titles in 1 volume. Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"; 21 x 12.5 cm). **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** Contemporary mottled calf, gilt frames to boards, lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine, gilt rules to board edges, edges of text block speckled, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark. Light rubbing to exterior, front joint cracked, corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, faint offsetting from plates in first work. A handsome volume. $3,500. * Compiled by a contemporary reader, this volume gathers four scarce works providing accounts of trials for adultery. Primarily intended to amuse and titillate, these accounts are still of value to legal scholars and historians for their accurate reports and vivid background his. Bound with 3 Other Trials. 4 works in 1. (illustrator). …