an Eastern tale. Translated from the French of Adrien de Sarrazin.
Adrien de Sarrazin
London: Printed by B. M’Millan: Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815.
New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections
Inscribed “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire” on title page. In publishers blue boards with drab paper spine and paper label with title and price; ‘Bardouc’ in ms. hand written at head of spine.
Spine head detail of “Bardouc” (1814), showing manuscript titling. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Title-page with ownership inscription at head. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Front paste-down of “Bardouc” (1814), showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
London: Printed by T. Skelton, Southampton, for Law and Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, 1815.
New York University. Special Collections. Fales Library.
Fales Brit copy inscribed: ‘Eliza Giffard Nerquis Flintshire’ on front pastedown, and ‘Eliza Giffard’ on title page. In original publishers blue boards, with ms. titles written at head of spine in Giffard’s hand.
Title-page of “Caroline Lismore,” showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Front paste-down of “Caroline Lismore”, showing ownership inscription. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Spine detail of “Caroline Lismore” showing ink titling. 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.
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.
Fales Brit volumes in publishers drab boards with leather spines. Inscribed: Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire on front pastedowns and title pages. Ms. titles on head of spines in Giffard’s hand.
Spines of four-volume set of “Don Sebastian” showing manuscript titles. Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Ownership inscription on title-page of volume 3 of “Don Sebastian” (1809). Courtesy NYU Special Collections. Ownership inscription on front paste-down of volume 3 of “Don Sebastian” (1809). Courtesy NYU Special Collections.
London: Printed at Minerva Press for Lane, Newman and Co., Leadenhall-street, 1804.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Binding: Bound in bookseller’s boards covered in grey paper; title and volume number inscribed on spine in ink in a contemporary hand; volume number embossed in black on spine; printed binding waste. Publisher’s advertisements in volume 1, pae [264] and in volume 2, pages [223]-[224].
Note in previous bibliographic record: acquired from Pickering, 17 August 1954.
By Mrs. Meeke, author of Ellesmere, Midnight weddings, &c.
In three volumes
London: Printed at the Minerva Press, for Lane and Newman, Leadenhall-Street, 1804.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Binding: Bound uniformly in original boards, with white paper over spine and light blue paper over boards; title and volume number written in ink on spine. Provenance: “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire” inscribed in ink on front paste-down and title-page; acquired from Pickering, 17 August 1954. Publisher’s advertisements in volume 2, pages [275]-[276] and volume 3, page [280].
UIUC attributes novel to Mary Meeke (d.1818); ODNB attributes to Elizabeth Meeke (circa 1726-1826).
London: Printed at the Minerva-Press, for Lane and Newman, Leadenhall-Street, 1802
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
All volumes: “Eliza Giffard” inscribed inside of front wrapper and “Eliza Giffard, Nerquis, Flintshire” inscribed on title-page. Retains original paper publisher’s bindings. Binding: Bound uniformly in contemporary light-blue paper; title and volume number inscribed in pen on spine.
