Clarissa; or, the history of a young lady: comphrehending the most important concerns of private life. And particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the misconduct, both of parents and children, in relation to marriage. In eight volumes.
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Main Collection pre-1900
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Publication Year
1785
Description
(GEN) With engraved music in Volume II||(CON) Vol I: A6, B-O12, P6, Q2, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; A1r Title, verso blank; A2r Sonnet to the Author of Clarissa, verso blank; A3r-A6r Preface, A6v Names of the Principal Persons; B1r-P6v Text; O1r-O2v Contents.Vol II: A-O12, P6, Q3, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; A1r Title, verso blank; A2r-P5v Text; P6 blank; Q1r-Q3r Contents, Q3v blank.Vol III: B-P12, Q6, R3, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; B1r Title, verso blank; B2r-Q5v Text; Q6rv Publisherís Advertisements; R1r-R3v Contents.Vol IV: B-Q12, R6, S2, T4, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; B1r Title, verso blank; B2r-S2r Text, S2v blank; T1r-T4r Contents, T4v blank.Vol V: B-P12, Q10, R2, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; B1r Title, verso blank; B2r-Q9r Text; Q9v-Q10v Publisherís Advertisements; R1r-R2v Contents.Vol VI: B-R12, S4, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; B1r Title, verso blank; B2r-R12 Text; S1r-S4r Contents, S4v blank.Vol VII: A-P12, Q10, R4, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; A1r Title, verso blank; A2r-Q10v* Text; R1r-R4v Contents.VIII: A-Q12, R2, S2, T6, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; A1r Title, verso blank; A2r-Q2v Text; Q3r-R2v Postscript; S1r-T2r Contents; T2v-T6v Publisher's Advertisements.||(REF) Block, pp. 197-8; Thirteen copies in ESTC||(PHY) Accession no. 991: bound in contemporary tree calf with green and red morocco labels. O10 (p. 307) of Volume III is shaved, but the text is legible. Two leaves of signature Q (Q5 and Q6) from Volume VII have been accidentally bound in between R1 and R2 of Volume VIII, so that signature Q in Volume VII should properly be ten leaves, though it appears to be eight. The text is complete.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 991 | Writers' Sequence RIC | 1 | ST1 | Yes |