THE COLLECTION OF A GEORGIAN WOMAN READER
Currently held by Roger Treglown Rare & Antiquarian Books.
Third edition of poems; First edition of illustrations. Inscribed ‘Eliza Giffard’ on front pastedown. Half light-blue goatskin over marbled paper boards. With ex libris of Beryl Williams on front endpaper.
London: Printed for T. Becket, 81, Pall Mall., 1805.
Eton College.
Ownership inscription on title-page: Maria Eleanora Giffard (Nerquis) 1807. Contemporary light blue paper over stiff card boards; spine covered in cream paper; printed spine label; deckled edges.
Eighth edition, corrected.
London: Printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, (Successors to Mr. Cadell), in the Strand, MDCCMCV [1795].
New York University, Special Collections.
Inscribed “Mary Eleanora Giffard, Nerquis, 1807” on title-page. Bound in speckled calf, gilt borders on front and rear boards, marbled endpapers.
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In two volumes. Bound in one.
Chester: Printed by J. Fletcher; and sold in London by E. Williams, no. 11 Strand, bookseller to the Duke and Duchess of York and bookseller of Wales, 1804.
New York University, Fales Library & Special Collections
Fales Brit c.1 inscribed by Eliza Giffard on front pastedown. Bookplate: J.O. Edwards. Bound in original drab paper boards with printed spine, orange colored paper label. Additional ms. markings at head of spines”Poems by Mr. Llwyd” in Giffard’s hand. Publisher’s advertisement–[p.213].
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Londra: Jaques, [1808?]
Harvard University, Houghton Library
Inscribed on t.p.: Maria Eleanora Giffard, Nerquis 1808.
A new edition.
London: F.J. Du Roveray, 1801.
McGill University, Rare Books & Special Collections, Colgate Collection
Signature on on front pastedown: Maria Eleanora Giffard, Nerquis 1807.