87
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.
CLARKE,
Mary Anne.
Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges preferred against the Duke of York, in 1809.
London,
1809.
This book forms vol. V of Jefferson’s Book of Kings. See no. 411
infra.
The above title is taken from the 1849 Catalogue of the Library of Congress. It is not certain which of the numerous publications
on Mrs. Clarke and the trial was in the Jefferson collection.
See also the note to no. 271.
Mary Anne Clarke, 1776-1852, mistress of Frederick, duke of York, against whom charges were brought in 1809 by Colonel Gwillym Lloyd Wardle.
[409]
88
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.
Edwards’ Genuine Edition. “The Book!” or, The Proceedings and Correspondence upon the Subject of the Inquiry into the Conduct of
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, under a Commission appointed by the King, in the Year 1806. Faithfully copied from
authentic Documents. To which is prefixed A Narrative of the recent Events, that have led to the Publication of the Original
Documents: With A Statement of Facts relative to the Child, now under the Protection of Her Royal Highness.
London: Printed by and for
Richard Edwards.
New-York: re-printed for
Eastburn, Kirk, and Co., and,
Bradford and Read,
Boston [by
Pray & Bowen, Printers,
Brooklyn],
1813.
DA538 .A22 P4a
First American Edition. 12mo. 170 leaves: [ ]
6, B-T
6, U
2, 1-9
6; printers’ imprint on the back of the title-page and at the end; half-title for A Statement of Facts . . . on 8
4 recto; the Advertisement dated from Crane Court, Fleet-Street, March 19, 1813.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Lowndes.
This forms volume VI of Jefferson’s Book of Kings. See the next number.
Bought from
Samuel Pleasants, Richmond, August 1813, price $
1.12 ½. The book was ordered, with others, by Jefferson in a letter from Monticello written on August 11; the letter acknowledged by Pleasants and the books sent, with the bill, on August 17.
See also the note to no. 271.
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, queen consort of George IV, 1768-1821. The work has been ascribed to Spencer Perceval, 1762-1812, English statesman, from
the paragraph in the advertisement to the second edition:
. . . the publisher conceives that he is merely performing an act of justice in delivering to the world a genuine and unmutilated
copy of the suppressed book, as it was printed by him in the year 1807, under the direction of the late Mr. Perceval.
Samuel Pleasants printer, publisher, and bookdealer in Richmond, Virginia, was also the publisher of several newspapers.
[410]
89
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 54, The book of kings, 6 v 8vo.
Book of Kings.
6 vol.
8vo.:
Vol. I and II.
Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Bareith Sœur de Frédéric le Grand; ecrits de sa main,
Paris,
1811.
(no. 271.)
