The embarrassed lovers, or, The history of Henry Carey, esq. and the Hon. Miss Cecilia Neville : in a series of letters : in two volumes ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lane, William, -1814, publisher.

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

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800.

Man-woman relationships.

Epistolary fiction, English--18th century--Early works to 1800.

Epistolary fiction, English.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

Parry, G. (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Embarrassed lovers

History of Henry Carey, esq. and the Hon. Miss Cecilia Neville

Fingerprint:

ete, leer u-ly ISYo (3) 1775 (R) v.1

st." mys, h,th mitu (3) 1775 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. Lane, no. 33, Leadenhall-Street, MDCCLXXV [1775]

Notes:

Signatures: volume 1: [A]² B-L¹² (leaf L12 blank) ; volume 2: [A]² B-M¹² N⁸.

Pagination: volume 1: [4], 238, [2] pages ; volume 2: [4], 278, [2] pages.

Bookseller's advertisement on last printed leaf of volume 2.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 1 has evidence of seal on front pastedown; partially illegible dated 18th-century autograph ("[...] Pa[...] 23st Oct. 1777") on front free endpaper.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 2 has evidence of seal on front pastedown; early autograph ("G. Parry") on front free endpaper.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: binding: "Contemp. full calf, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels; extremities rather rubbed & worn, hinges splitting but still sound, spines quite chipped."--Bookseller's description.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: volume 2 has tear across lower portion of leaf H2.

Cited in:

ESTC N65434

OCLC:

228763452