A New Collection of Trials for Adultery [Bound with 3 Other Trials]

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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.…

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A New Collection of Trials for Adultery [Bound with 3 Other Trials]
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Trials; Adultery; A Civilian of Doctor's Commons
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1799
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Bound with 3 Other Trials. 4 works in 1.
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