The life of the author of the Letters of Junius, the Rev James Wilmot, DD Late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, Rector of Barton on the Heath and Aulcester, Warwickshire, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for that County.

Serres, Olivia Wilmot

Published by Sold by E Williams, Bookseller to the Duke and Duchess of York, No 11, Strand; John Walker, No 44 Paternoster Row; and John Hatchard, No 190 Picadilly, London, 1813

About this Item

[iii]-xcvii, [iii], 3 folding plates, 224 pages. Lacks half title. Lacks the portrait, but with the extra engraved title page. Ink number to the head of the title page, and to the front pastedown - Dup 229. Numbered paper label to the spine. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of John William Willis Bund, also his small book label - Wick Episcopi Library. Bound in late 19th century half leather, now disbound - very worn to the spine edges which are split, the front board is detached. Lightly browned, spotting and a few stains. Creasing towards the rear of the book. The plates all have some offsetting. The first plate has a tear in the upper section, but is signed in ink to the foot - OW Serres 39[?] presumably by the author. The other two plates are not signed. Olivia Wilmot Serres went on to claim that she was the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Cumberland and was know as Princess Olive. Rev Wilmot and his niece lived at the Rectory at Barton on the Heath in south Warwickshire.

Seller Inventory # 003199

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The life of the author of the Letters of Junius, the Rev James Wilmot, DD Late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, Rector of Barton on the Heath and Aulcester, Warwickshire, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for that County.
• Publisher: Sold by E Williams, Bookseller to the Duke and Duchess of York, No 11, Strand; John Walker, No 44 Paternoster Row; and John Hatchard, No 190 Picadilly, London
• Publication Date: 1813
• Binding: Half leather
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Warwickshire - towns and villages
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