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[Manley (Mary de la Rivière)]

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Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of Both Sexes. From the New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediterranean, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece to vol.2 only (lacking in vol.1), printed key at end of each vol., for John Morphew, 1709; Memoirs of Europe, towards the Close of the Eighth Century., first edition, 2 ff. of key at end, for John Morphew, 1710, some light browning, particularly to key ff., bound in near uniform contemporary panelled speckled calf, some chipping to spine ends, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo (3)

***A rare collection of Manley's notorious and scandalous romans à clef, which satirise the political and literary figures of the day under the guise of characters in Atalantis [sic] and at the Court of Charlemagne. A fourth volume was published in 1710..

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