![[PERRY, James (1756-1821)]. The Electrical Eel: or, Gymnotus Electricus. London: J. Bew, 1777. (Some leaves repaired, the last extensively). FIRST EDITION of this scarce satricial poem on the amours of the aristocracy. [Bound with 3 other tracts:] LOVEJOY, Lucretia (pseud.). An Elegy on the Lamented Death of the Electrical Eel, or Gymnotus Electricus. London: Fielding and Walker, 1777. FIRST EDITION. An equally salacious reply to the previous poem -- The Torpedo, a Poem to the Electrical Eel. London: all the Booksellers, 1777. Engraved vignette on title. FIRST EDITION, second issue of this very scarce scatalogical poem variously attributed to William Combe and Chace Price -- [PERRY, J.]. Mimosa: or, the Sensitive Plant; A Poem. London: W. Sandwich, 1779. FIRST EDITION. 4 works in one volume, 4° (265 x 210mm). Old speckled sheep (rather worn). Provenance: G.G. Lancaster (bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0190_000(perry_james_the_electrical_eel_or_gymnotus_electricus_london_j_bew_177065523).jpg?w=1)
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[PERRY, James (1756-1821)]. The Electrical Eel: or, Gymnotus Electricus. London: J. Bew, 1777. (Some leaves repaired, the last extensively). FIRST EDITION of this scarce satricial poem on the amours of the aristocracy. [Bound with 3 other tracts:] LOVEJOY, Lucretia (pseud.). An Elegy on the Lamented Death of the Electrical Eel, or Gymnotus Electricus. London: Fielding and Walker, 1777. FIRST EDITION. An equally salacious reply to the previous poem -- The Torpedo, a Poem to the Electrical Eel. London: all the Booksellers, 1777. Engraved vignette on title. FIRST EDITION, second issue of this very scarce scatalogical poem variously attributed to William Combe and Chace Price -- [PERRY, J.]. Mimosa: or, the Sensitive Plant; A Poem. London: W. Sandwich, 1779. FIRST EDITION. 4 works in one volume, 4° (265 x 210mm). Old speckled sheep (rather worn). Provenance: G.G. Lancaster (bookplate).
AN INTER-RELATED COLLECTION OF FOUR POEMS, full of sexual innuendo. However, the Torpedo includes a more innocent and indeed famous reference to the Duke of Dorset's passion for cricket in the stanza beginning: 'The vulgar pleasures of the field/ Alone from love the heart can shield' (p. 14), and a footnote which reads: 'Every one knows the attachment of the Duke of D--rs--t to cricket: The following anecdote will prove it. Two clergymen were candidates for a living in his Grace's presentation, which he bestowed on the best Batsman.' Padwick 892-1.
AN INTER-RELATED COLLECTION OF FOUR POEMS, full of sexual innuendo. However, the Torpedo includes a more innocent and indeed famous reference to the Duke of Dorset's passion for cricket in the stanza beginning: 'The vulgar pleasures of the field/ Alone from love the heart can shield' (p. 14), and a footnote which reads: 'Every one knows the attachment of the Duke of D--rs--t to cricket: The following anecdote will prove it. Two clergymen were candidates for a living in his Grace's presentation, which he bestowed on the best Batsman.' Padwick 892-1.