D'OYLY, Catherine.
The History of the Life and Death of our Blessed Saviour.
The History of the Life and Death of our Blessed Saviour.
Stock Code 111412
Southampton, Printed and sold by T. Baker, sold also by B. Law and Son, Ave-Maria-Lane, and R. Faulder, New Bond-Street, 1794
'Catherine the authoress' is named in Burke's peerage as the the daughter of Rev. Sir Hadley D'Oyly (d.1764), vicar of the parish of Thaxted in Essex. Her brother was the MP and successful East India Company officer, Sir John D'Oyly, who returned to England in 1785 with a fortune of over £100,000. The impressive list of subscribers includes the king and queen, who each received 24 copies of the text, and members of the D'Oyly family.
OCLC records just 9 copies in institutional collections worldwide.
First edition; 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm); list of subscribers, occasional light spotting and minor offsetting; contemporary red morocco, panels ruled in gilt, spine gilt in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, minor loss to head of upper joint, a very good copy; vi, [13], 8-711, [1]pp.
ESTC T129694.
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