London : Printed by J. Mitford, 14, Gate-street. Sold by R.P. Stockdale, Piccadilly; Holt, Catherine-street, Strand; Jones, Drury-Lane; Harris, Castle-Street, Leicester-Square, and all booksellers, [1825?]
Physical Description:
4 v. (v.1: 1 p.ℓ., [5]-304, 3 p.; v.2: 304 p.; v.3: 294 p.; v.4: 198 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts DA536.W553 A3 1825Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Signatures: v.1: [A]1, B-Z⁶, AA-CC⁶; v.2: [A]-Z⁶, AA-BB⁶, CC²; v.3: [A]-Z⁶, 2A⁶, 2B³; v.4: [A]-Q⁶, R³.Volume 1 has an added engraved title page: The fashionable world displayed.Caption title of all 4 volumes: Harriette Wilson's memoir of herself and others.Text follows the J.J. Stockdale edition.With etched portraits by George Cruikshank.Mitford worked with Benbow; though Mitford is noted as printer on v.4 t.-p., Benbow is so noted on colophon: Printed by W. Benbow, 252, High Holborn, London.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original blue paper boards with red paper labels. W. Brien stamped in black ink on first free preliminary fly-leaf in v. 2.
Subject Terms:
Wilson, Harriette, 1786–1846. | Courtesans -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Great Britain -- Court and courtiers. | Great Britain -- Moral conditions. | Stockdale, R. P., -- Bookseller. | Holt, -- Bookseller. | Harris, -- Bookseller. | Jones, -- Bookseller. | Mitford, J., -- Printer. | Benbow, W., -- Printer. | Brien, W. -- Stamp. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1825.