Maggs Bros. Ltd.

[WOMEN]

Keep Within Compass and you shall be sure… 1785.

"WHILE THOSE WHO PLAY DEEP SOON EMPTY THEIR PURSE, AND THEN TAKE TO DRINKING & MAKE BAD THINGS WORSE"

£850

[WOMEN'S FASHION].

The Folly of 1771, 1771.

EXCESSIVE HAIR

£1,800

WILLIAMS (Helen Maria).

Peru, a Poem, 1784.

"WHILE WOMAN, POINTING TO THY FINISH'D PAGE, CLAIMS FROM IMPERIOUS MAN THE CRITIC WREATHE"

£3,500

SMITH (Adam).

White vitreous / glass paste profile head-and-shoulders right-facing… 1787.

THE ONLY CERTAIN LIFETIME PORTRAIT OF ADAM SMITH

£25,000

[THEATRE].

Velluti in Speculum - or - The Chorus… 1826.

"POOH! POOH! I CONSIDER IT A TRUMPERY DEFENCE - HE MUST PAY THE GIRLS"

£1,250

[WOMEN]. & [CRUIKSHANK (Isaac)].

The Quality Ladder, 1793.

WOMEN CLIMBING THE SOCIAL LADDER

£1,500

[EXOTIC ANIMALS].

To the Nobility, Gentry, and Others, There is… 1780.

A PROVINCIAL DISPLAY OF "A COLLECTION OF RARITIES" FROM AROUND THE WORLD

£1,800

SALMON (Mrs).

At Mrs. Salmon's Royal Wax-Work, in Fleet Street, 1750.

A PRECURSOR TO MADAME TUSSAUDS

£850

[BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGUE]. & LACKINGTON (James).

A Catalogue of Books, for the Year 1803;, 1803.

“EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUMES”

£1,200

[CHILD-REARING].

The Art of Nursing: or, The Method of… 1733.

FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE: BREAST FEEDING TO GOUT

£3,500

DAWKES (Thomas).

The Midwife Rightly Instructed:, 1736.

A MIDWIFERY MANUAL "WRITTEN PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF WOMEN"

£3,500

[SOUTHCOTT (Joanna)].

The Imposter or, Obstetric Dispute, 1814.

"BLASPHEMOUS OLD HAG": THE CONTROVERSIAL "PREGNANCY" OF THE PROPHETESS JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

£1,500

[THEATRE PLAYBILLS].

A collection of 18 18th-century theatrical playbills for… 1793.

A COLLECTION OF RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL THEATRE PLAYBILS

£5,000

BLAKE (William) and,

Designs to a Series of Ballads, Written by… 1802.

"ONE OF THE RAREST LETTERPRESS BOOKS CONTAINING PLATES DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY BLAKE"

£70,000

[THEATRE].

Album of 189 playbills for the Theatre Royal,… 1833.

SHAKESPEARE, PRINCE LEE BOO AND BYRON ON THE LONDON STAGE

£9,500

[CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE].

The Trial of Richard Vining Perry Esq. for… 1794.

“STEALING AN HEIRESS”

£1,800

[HAMMERTON (Esther)].

Est. Hammerton Late Sexton of Kingston upon Thames, 1746.

THE FEMALE SEXTON

£1,000

[GAMES].

Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By… 1786.

"REMOVING DOUBTS" AND "SETTLING DISPUTES"

£2,500

[PUBLIC EXHIBITION].

Bath, February 5th, 1780. Look Sharp! Or you… 1780.

A ZEBRA AMONGST THE SPOILS OF WAR AND EXHIBITED FOR "THE INSPECTION OF THE CURIOUS"

£1,250

[CROSS-DRESSING]. & [HEATH (William) artist.

Making a Lancer, 1829.

“THE SPLENDID ENTRÉE OF THE FEMALE CAVALRY!”

£2,400

[NOVEL].

A Sketch of the Times; or, memoirs of… 1781.

“WHEN A WOMAN TAKES EVERY METHOD TO ATTRACT YOUR NOTICE…WHAT PROPRIETY CAN YOU ACCUSE THE MAN AS THE CAUSE OF HER RUIN”

£2,500

ROBINSON (Henry) artist.

An Accurate Representation of the Meteor which was… 1783.

A GLIMPSE OF THE "FLYING DRAGON"

£2,000

HOWARD (John Jarrard).

Poems on Different Subjects, 1816.

POEMS BY A SHIPWRECKED DOCTOR WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES

£3,500

[ANTI-FEDERALISM].

A Peep into the Antifederal Club, 1793.

"DAMN GOVERNMENT. I SHALL NEVER BE WORTH A DOLLAR AS LONG AS THERES ANY GOVERNMENT AT ALL": THE EARLIEST KNOWN ANTI-JEFFERSON CARTOON?

£5,000

[MARRIAGE]

The Folly, Sin, and Danger of Marrying Widows,… 1746.

"I THANK GOD, MY WIFE DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO"

£2,000

[TRINITY CHURCH].

An hymn to be sung by the Episcopal… 1794.

"THE WIDOW'S TEARS ARE WIP'D AWAY, / AND SOOTH'D THE NEEDY ORPHAN'S PAIN"

£2,500

EDWARDS (Jonathan).

An Account of the Life of the late… 1749.

"IT IS NOT PROPER TO LEND BOOKS TO THOSE WHO ARE CARELES OF THEM"

£2,500

NEWCASTLE (William Cavendish, Duke of).

Méthode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux… 1737.

THE GREATEST ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOK ON HORSEMANSHIP IN A MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY BINDING

£65,000

[ARISTOTLE].

Aristotle's Rhetoric;, 1686.

THE FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC

£8,500

POPE (Alexander). & GRAY (Thomas) and

Bound volume of five works printed by Guyonne-Elisabeth-Josephe…

POETRY BY POPE AND GRAY PRINTED ON A FRENCH ARISTOCRATIC WOMAN'S OWN PRESS

£25,000

[ABSCONDING APPRENTICE].

Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice… 1792.

"STOOPS WHEN HE WALKS"

£3,800

[CLELAND (John)].

La Fille de Joye, 1751.

THE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS ENGLISH EROTIC NOVEL

£15,000

[WATSON-TAYLOR (George)].

The Old Hag in a Red Cloak. A… 1801.

"THY DOOM IS DECIDED: PREPARE FOR THY FATE": A PRIVATELY PRINTED PARODY OF MATTHEW "MONK" LEWIS

£2,500

POLWHELE (Richard).

The Unsex’d Females: a Poem, 1798.

"SEE WOLLSTONECRAFT, WHOM NO DECORUM CHECKS, / ARISE, THE INTREPID CHAMPION OF HER SEX"

£5,500

[ELLIOTT (Ebenezer)].

Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, 1830.

THE PRIVATELY PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF "THIS HITHERTO OBSCURE POEM"

£5,000

DUNBAR (Robert Nugent).

The Cruise;, 1835.

A ROMANTIC POET TURNS FROM ITALY TO THE WEST INDIES FOR INSPIRATION

£2,500

POPE (Alexander).

ALS from the young Alexander Pope to his… 1707.

"MY MUSE IS EVER UNEMPLOY'D WHEN I CAN DIVERT MY SELF ANY OTHER WAY"

£25,000

[SWIFT (Jonathan)].

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 1731.

"WIT UNEXAMPLED!" AND "WHAT DAMN'D DRY HARD STUFF": READING, CORRECTING AND EDITING GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

£8,500

NICOLS (Thomas).

A Lapidary: Or, The History of Pretious Stones:, 1652.

£16,500

[THAMES TUNNEL]. & [BRUNEL (Marc Isambard)].

The Tunnel!!! or another Bubble Burst!, 1827.

"MY HYPOTHESIS IS GONE TO THE DEVIL"

£1,800

[PROSTITUTION].

A St. Giles's Beauty, 1784.

A POOR PROSTITUTE IN 18TH-CENTURY LONDON

£1,500

[AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR].].

Qualifying for a Campain [sic], 1777.

THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AS CHILD'S PLAY

£3,800