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Display : a tale

Date1818
Format
Notes
"Testimonies in favour of this work" from the Literary panorama, June, 1815, and the Eclectic review, August, 1815, are given on the verso of the half-title.
Book label "Ex libris John Ruskin Brantwood" pasted inside front cover.
The copperplate frontispiece, dated Augt 1, 1817, is re-engraved by Samuel Freeman after William Hilton.
The psychological study of two young ladies ends with the conversion of the vain Elizabeth who gives evidence of "the subjugation of a propensity...almost thought incurable, ...the love of--Display".
DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Christina Duff Stewart
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131054870324D