‘The Ladies Museum or Complete Pocket Memorandum Book for th...

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‘The Ladies Museum or Complete Pocket Memorandum Book for the Year 1818’, London. Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman. 1818. 24mo (approx. 12.4cm x 7.8cm). Full calf wallet binding. With engraved vignette title page, plus engraved folding plate and an extract from the novel ‘A Bride and No Wife’ [Henrietta Rouviere Mosse 1817], Marketing Tables, Memorandums and Observations for 1818, Table of Holidays in 1818, Stamps, Public Funds, The Royal Family of England, Poetry, Charades, The Most Fashionable Country Dances for the Year 1818, and New Publications. Rare in commerce. Bookplate of William Foyle (1883-1963), Beeleigh Abbey, Essex, one of the greatest booksellers of the 20th century, co-founder with his brother Gilbert of the eponymous and iconic London bookshop on Charing Cross Road.