Celia in search of a husband – The Library of Eliza Giffard

by a modern antique

[Medora Gordon Byron]

Third edition

London: Printed at the Minerva-Press for A.K. Newman, 1809.

New York University. Special Collections. Fales Library

Fales Brit copy is inscribed ‘Eliza Giffard’ on title page of each volume. Colophon: Lane, Darling, and Co. Leadenhall-Street. [2] p. of advertisements for the Minerva Press bound at end of v. 2. Bound in three-quarter leather over marbled paper with gilt ornaments on spine.

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Title-page of book with ownership inscription — Ownership inscription on title-page of “Celia in search of a husband” (1809). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.

Front covers of books showing marbled paper cover. — Covers of Giffard’s copies of “Celia in search of a husband” (1809). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.