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WOOLLEY, Hannah, afterwards Mrs. Challinor (fl. 1670). The Gentlewomans Companion; or, A Guide to the Female Sex. London: A. Maxwell for Edward Thomas, 1675. 8 (162 x 110mm). Frontispiece portrait engraved by W. Faithorne, title in red and black. (Worming of lower margin in earlier part, L4 recto with stain affecting legibility of 3 lines, S1 holed with slight loss, final leaves browned.) Contemporary sheep (spine rubbed). Second edition. This guide, which is both moral and practical, includes a section on cookery and recipes for distilling and preserving fruits. Oxford English Cookery Books p. 36; Wing W3277.
PITT, Moses (fl. 1654-1696). The Cry of the Oppressed, being a true and tragicall account of the unparallel'd sufferings of multitudes of poor imprisoned debtors ... together with the case of the publisher. London: for Moses Pitt, 1691. 12 (134 x 75mm). Engraved frontispiece and 11 plates. (Some outer margins of text shaved with slight loss, paper fault to verso of a6, a7 torn with minor loss.) Provenance: 'Clamantia Peccata. Sunt vox clamorum, vox sanguinis, et sodomorum/Vox oppressorum, Merces detenta laborum' (contemporary inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Pitt was imprisoned in the Fleet from 20 April 1689 to 16 May 1691, after failing to benefit from the publication of his world atlas and sustaining losses in building speculations. His book is important for the information it gives on conditions inside debtors' prisons, and also useful for the topographical history of Westminster where Pitt had invested in new buildings. The engravings illustrate the cruelties of gaolers. Wing P2305.
BROWN, Thomas (1663-1674). Amusements Serious and Comical calculated for the Meridian of London. London: for John Nutt, 1700. 8 (195 x 120mm). (B2-7 detached, K3 with tear at upper margin, occasional soiling.) Contemporary panelled calf (spine restored). Provenance: C. Wisher 1701 (ownership inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. A social satire under headings which include the Court, London, the Play-House, the Walks, Marriage, the Philosophical or Virtuosi Country, Physick, Gaming and Coffee-Houses, and the City Visiting-Day. Wing B5051. (3)
PITT, Moses (fl. 1654-1696). The Cry of the Oppressed, being a true and tragicall account of the unparallel'd sufferings of multitudes of poor imprisoned debtors ... together with the case of the publisher. London: for Moses Pitt, 1691. 12 (134 x 75mm). Engraved frontispiece and 11 plates. (Some outer margins of text shaved with slight loss, paper fault to verso of a6, a7 torn with minor loss.) Provenance: 'Clamantia Peccata. Sunt vox clamorum, vox sanguinis, et sodomorum/Vox oppressorum, Merces detenta laborum' (contemporary inscription on front free endpaper). FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Pitt was imprisoned in the Fleet from 20 April 1689 to 16 May 1691, after failing to benefit from the publication of his world atlas and sustaining losses in building speculations. His book is important for the information it gives on conditions inside debtors' prisons, and also useful for the topographical history of Westminster where Pitt had invested in new buildings. The engravings illustrate the cruelties of gaolers. Wing P2305.
BROWN, Thomas (1663-1674). Amusements Serious and Comical calculated for the Meridian of London. London: for John Nutt, 1700. 8 (195 x 120mm). (B2-7 detached, K3 with tear at upper margin, occasional soiling.) Contemporary panelled calf (spine restored). Provenance: C. Wisher 1701 (ownership inscription on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. A social satire under headings which include the Court, London, the Play-House, the Walks, Marriage, the Philosophical or Virtuosi Country, Physick, Gaming and Coffee-Houses, and the City Visiting-Day. Wing B5051. (3)