The art of cuckoldom

The art of cuckoldom title page

A spoof?

  • TitleThe art of cuckoldom : exemplified in the history of Don Fernando. A Spanish tale. With curious and interesting notes / translated by T. Dutton, Esq.
  • PublicationLondon : Printed for the translator; and sold by D. Brewman, No. 18, Little New Street, Shoe Lane, 1794.

Catalog Record 

53 D95 794

Acquired April 2018

Mr. Justice Ashhurst’s charge to the Grand Jury

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  • AuthorAshurst, William Henry, Sir, 1725-1807.
  • TitleMr. Justice Ashhurst’s charge to the Grand Jury for the County of Middlesex.
  • PublishedLondon : Printed from a corrected copy, and sold by John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792.

Catalog Record

File 63 792 A819+

Acquired July 2015

Mrs. Mary Eales’s receipts

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  • Author: Eales, Mary.
  • Title: Mrs. Mary Eales’s receipts : confectioner to her late Majesty Queen Anne.
  • Edition: The second edition, corrected, with additions.
  • Published: London : Printed for J. Robson, bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, MDCCLXVII [1767]

Catalog Record

655 767Ea

Acquired March 2013

Useful and legal information to purchasers & possessors of estates

Title Page: Useful and legal information to purchasers & possessors of estates

  • Author: Trusler, John, 1735-1820.
  • Title: Useful and legal information to purchasers & possessors of estates, houses, annuities, advowsons, mortgages, tontines, loans, &c : their comparative value, security, & attendant expences; with the most advantageous modes of investing money; together with every necessary table for calculation. Particularly useful to conveyancers / by the Rev. Dr. Trusler.
  • Published: Bath : Printed by Keenes’, 7, Kingsmead-Street; and sold by A. Whellier, No. 3, Paternoster-Row, London; where may be had, gratis, catalogues of all Dr. Trusler’s useful and elementary publications, [not after 1812].

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Acquired February 2012

Mark Smith, bookseller, binder, stationer, music-seller, &c …

Mark Smith bookseller...

Advertisement for a new business issued by Mark Smith, with an extensive list of wares to be sold, mostly books and other items in the stationers line, but also musical instruments.

  • Title: Mark Smith, bookseller, binder, stationer, music-seller, &c. Market-Place Alnwick : takes the liberty of respectfully announcing to his friends and the public that he intends commencing business in the above branches, on January 1st, 1816 …
  • Published: Alnwick : Graham, printer, [1815].

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Acquired May, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.