PEACOCK, Lucy (fl. 1785-1810). The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon, in their travels to the Temple of Virtue: an allegory. Dedicated by permission to Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. London: printed for the author by T. Beasley, 1785. 4° (233 x 175mm). Signature of the author (crossed through on last page of text. (Lacks half-title, some leaves slightly soiled.) 19th-century half roan (spine worn). Provenance: W. Halliday (inscription on front endpaper). (Osborne copy has a partial signature on the same leaf). -- [DUCRAY-DUMENIL, François-Guillaume. Ambrose and Eleanor ... translated ... by Lucy Peacock. London: for J. Johnson and J. Harris [etc.], 1807. 12° (172 x 103mm). (A few leaves slightly browned.) Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red lettering piece (splits in hinges). Provenance: Mary Dennett (signature on title). Third edition. -- CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich (1746-1818). Pizarro; or, the Conquest of Peru: as related by a Father to his Children ... translated ... by Elizabeth Helme. London: by and for Sampson Low, 1799. 2 volumes in one, 12° (169 x 103mm). Folding engraved map (slightly torn, some leaves slightly spotted). Contemporary sheep (rebacked with calf). -- And 3 others. (6)

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PEACOCK, Lucy (fl. 1785-1810). The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon, in their travels to the Temple of Virtue: an allegory. Dedicated by permission to Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. London: printed for the author by T. Beasley, 1785. 4° (233 x 175mm). Signature of the author (crossed through on last page of text. (Lacks half-title, some leaves slightly soiled.) 19th-century half roan (spine worn). Provenance: W. Halliday (inscription on front endpaper). (Osborne copy has a partial signature on the same leaf). -- [DUCRAY-DUMENIL, François-Guillaume. Ambrose and Eleanor ... translated ... by Lucy Peacock. London: for J. Johnson and J. Harris [etc.], 1807. 12° (172 x 103mm). (A few leaves slightly browned.) Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red lettering piece (splits in hinges). Provenance: Mary Dennett (signature on title). Third edition. -- CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich (1746-1818). Pizarro; or, the Conquest of Peru: as related by a Father to his Children ... translated ... by Elizabeth Helme. London: by and for Sampson Low, 1799. 2 volumes in one, 12° (169 x 103mm). Folding engraved map (slightly torn, some leaves slightly spotted). Contemporary sheep (rebacked with calf). -- And 3 others. (6)

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