Title: An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Duchess of Kingston Author: [Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston] Place: London Publisher: G. Kearsley Date: 1788 Description: [2], ii, 178, [18] ad pp. Engraved frontispiece. (8vo) 20.5x12 cm (8x4¾") period calf-backed boards, morocco spine label. First Edition. The Duchess was said to be a coarse and licentious woman, and was ridiculed as Kitty Crocodile by the comedian Samuel Foote in a play A Trip to Calais, which, however, he was not allowed to produce. She is reputed to have been the original of William Makepeace Thackeray's characters, Beatrice and Baroness Bernstein. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; light foxing; very good. Item number: 242610
Title: An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Duchess of Kingston Author: [Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston] Place: London Publisher: G. Kearsley Date: 1788 Description: [2], ii, 178, [18] ad pp. Engraved frontispiece. (8vo) 20.5x12 cm (8x4¾") period calf-backed boards, morocco spine label. First Edition. The Duchess was said to be a coarse and licentious woman, and was ridiculed as Kitty Crocodile by the comedian Samuel Foote in a play A Trip to Calais, which, however, he was not allowed to produce. She is reputed to have been the original of William Makepeace Thackeray's characters, Beatrice and Baroness Bernstein. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; light foxing; very good. Item number: 242610
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