Douglas; or, The Highlander. A Novel.

BISSET, Robert:

Published by London: Printed at the Anti-Jacobin Press by T Crowder Whitefriars: First edition, 1800

About this Item

4 volumes, 12mo., [xxviii, 323pp] + [vi, 300pp] + [viii, 315pp] + [xii, 382pp], bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt ruled and titled and numbered in gilt. A VG+ lovely clean set with only slight rubbing to some extremities of some bindings of this very scarce Anti-Jacobin work. [English Short Title Catalogue, T68561]. Ex Libris Thomas Hammond Foxcroft with his fine engraved bookplate to upper pastedown of each volume. Robert Bisset (1759-1805) was a man who proudly referred to himself as that zealous Anti-Jacobin, Dr Bisset and one of the most prominent and vitriolic reviewers for the Anti-Jacobin, Bisset waged a bitter and vicious war against every enemy of Christianity and natural religion, of monarchy, or order, subordination, property and justice . The main butt of Bisset s razor-sharp satire in Douglas is Mary Wollstonecraft, who appears both as herself, and as a travesty of herself, called Lady Mary Manhunt. Seller Inventory # 3493

Bibliographic Details

Title: Douglas; or, The Highlander. A Novel.

Publisher: London: Printed at the Anti-Jacobin Press by T Crowder Whitefriars: First edition

Publication Date: 1800

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition