Ownership inscription on front paste-down of “A Puzzle for a curious girl” (1806). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.Front cover of “A Puzzle for a curious girl” (1806), from Giffard’s library. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity. By William Wilberforce, Esq. member of Parliament for the county of York.
William Wilberforce
The eighth edition.
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1805.
Brown University, John Carter Brown Library
John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in contemporary blue paper covered boards with unbleached paper spine; fore edge and bottom edge of text block untrimmed. Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Eliza Giffard: ms. autograph on front pastedown and on title page.
London: Printed for J. Johnson…by G. Woodfall, 1800.
Nottingham University, Special Collections, KMC Briggs Collection
Labels inside front covers of v. 1-6, “Presented to the University of Nottingham by W.G. Briggs, Esq., M.A., 1961”. Inscription inside front cover of v. 4: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”.
A Londres: : De l’imprimerie de [T.] Baylis, … pour A. Dulau et Co., … [Se trouve aussi T. Boosey, … J. Deboffe, … Emsley et Bremmer, … L’Homme, Booker, Clarke, Faulder, Jordan et Hookham, … Hotman, … Evans, … ; a Oxford, chez Cook; W. Hanwell et J. Parker. A Cambridge, chez Deighton; Lunn. A Bath, chez Barrat. A Edimbourg, chez Manners et Miller. A Dublin, chez Archer. Et pour le continent, chez P. Fauche et Co. à Hambourg.], 1800.
Oxford University, Bodleian Library
Binding: Tree calf. (ptie.2) – Note: Set wants the 1re. partie. (ptie.2) – Provenance name: Giffard, Maria Eleanora. (ptie.2) – Provenance note: Inscribed: Maria Eleanora Giffard (Nerquis) 1807. (ptie.2) – Size: 22 cm. (ptie.2)
calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones
Mrs. Pilkington.
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, no. 31, Poultry, 1800 ([London: Printed] by J. Bonsor, Salisbury Square), 1800.
New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections
Fales Brit. c.1 inscribed “Eliza Giffard Nerquis, Flintshire, 1807”–front pastedown. “Eleanor Gifford”–crossed out on title page. Bound in half-leather over marbled paper boards.
Crossed out ownership inscription of Eleanor Giffard on title-page of “Biography for boys”. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Front paste-down of “Biography for boys” showing ownership inscription with date. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Marbled paper cover of “Biography for boys’. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780; three volumes.
The tenth edition.
London : Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand; and W. Creech, at Edinburgh MDCCXCIV [1794]
University of Edinburgh, Centre for Research Collections
“With ownership manuscript (ink) signature on front pastedown: “Maria Eleanora Giffard / Nerquis 1807.” From the collection of Professor Horst W. Drescher, University of Mainz. Donated by his widow, 2014. Binding: 18th-century mottled leather (sheep) over boards; gilt-tooled frame of fillets on boards and gilt-tooled fillet roll on board edges; smooth flat spine with gilt-tooled decorated compartments. Binding in poor condition.
Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Rare Book copy 2: Binding: Paper covered boards with tan paper spine with printed spine labels and manuscript volume numbers. Rare Book copy 2: From the library of Eliza Giffard with her name on title pages and on front pastedowns.
London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leich [i.e. Leigh], in York-street; T. Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden; and L. Davies, in Holborn, MDCCLXXXII [1782].
