The port-folio; containing essays, letters, and narratives. In two volumes

Published by printed by Dove, St. John's Square, for the author, and sold by J. Murray, Albemarle Street; J. Underwood, Fleet Street; Richardson, Cornhill; Curtis, Plymouth; W. Blackwood, Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin, London, 1814

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], viii, 280; [2], iv, 310; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; labels a little soiled, corners bumped, but generally a near fine copy throughout. Bookplate of Anne and F. G. Renier in each volume. Pink bookseller's ticket in volume I: "Sold by H. Godwin, Bookseller, / No. 24, Milsom street, Bath." A curious assemblage of material, likely compiled by a male, but with much reference to women and their concerns, such as marriages, romance, parenting, children, blushing, pronouns, love letters, and other offbeat subjects such as physiognomy, fortune-telling, fops, superstition, and practical jokes. Not common. OCLC locates 12 copies worldwide: Yale, LC, Newberry, Chicago, Chapel Hill, Texas A&M, Urbana, HRC, Sweet Briar, Boston Athenaeum, Cambridge, and the BL. Not in Halkett & Laing.

Seller Inventory # 66443

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The port-folio; containing essays, letters, and narratives. In two volumes
• Publisher: printed by Dove, St. John's Square, for the author, and sold by J. Murray, Albemarle Street; J. Underwood, Fleet Street; Richardson, Cornhill; Curtis, Plymouth; W. Blackwood, Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin, London
• Publication Date: 1814
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women
  • English Literature