Libanus Press Biggs Charlotte (1 results)

No.60 of 220 copies, pp.68 + erratum/colophon leaf; vignette decorations in grey throughout; a fine uncut copy in original cloth-backed decorated boards & stiff paper slip-case. The picaresque 18th century low-life autobiography of Charlotte Biggs, who 'since the printing of this edition it has been discovered. died in a Versailles lodging house on 24 February 1827.' Printed from the original manuscript discovered by the editor in the forgotten stock of a now deceased London bookseller, with extensive entertaining & learned notes, introduction & epilogue. Or perhaps an excellent hoax? 18thC Biography Social History Literary Hoax Private Press.…