Life of Miss Davis, the farmer's daughter of Essex : who was seduced by her lover under a promise of marriage, and by him forced from her virtuous parents : her grandeur while in keeping, and extreme miseries she underwent till her return to her father / by James Penn ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penn, James, 1727-1800, author.

Contributor:

Hughes, T., active 1795-1815, publisher.

Whiteman, G., printer.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Farmer's daughter of Essex

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Seduction--Fiction.

Seduction.

Women--Crimes against--Great Britain--Fiction.

Women.

Physical Description:

36 pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 17 cm

Manufacture:

London : Printed by G. Whiteman, St. John's Lane.

Place of Publication:

London : Published by T. Hughes, Ludgate Street, [1802]

Notes:

First published in 1767 under title: The farmer's daughter of Essex.

"There is apparently one copy of the same printing at the University of Essex, and the [imprint] date given here [1802] is based on their assessment."--Bookseller's description.

Printer statement from colophon on verso of title leaf and page 36.

Signatures: A-C⁶.

Engraved illustration (plate), with caption "Miss Davis fainted; and, on her recovery, found herself alone supported by one of the old Lady's supposed Daughters. Page 20.", signed: "Edwards del. Rumford, Sculp." Publication statement at head reads: "London, Published Novr. 22 [year effaced] by S. Fisher."

"[Price Sixpence.]"--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.

Singer-Mendenhall copy disbound from a nonce volume.

OCLC:

1353219097