first edition
1752 · London
by BLANDY, Mary
London: Rivington, 1752. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 74. Bound in modern calf-backed boards (front cover crudely repaired) Bound With: THE FEMALE PARRICIDE: OR THE HISTORY OF MARY-MARGARET d'AUBRAY, MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIER, who was beheaded and burnt at Paris, for poisoning her father, her two brothers, and attempting to kill her sister in the same manner... Translated from the French with a preface by the Translator in which a parallel is drawn between the Marchioness and Miss Blandy. Reading: C. Micklleweright, 1752. pp. viii, 52. Bound With: THE GENUINE LIVES OF CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, JOHN N STOCKDALE AND WILLIAM PEERS, executed for Murder, July 23, 1753. (truncated)