PAMPHLETS: SCHOLEFIELD, Radcliffe; OSMER, William; FREER, Adam [& others].

SCHOLEFIED, Radcliffe. Love to Enemies Explained and Recommended, in a Discourse, Delivered to the Two Societies of the Old and New Meetings, in Birmingham... Deritend: Printed by J. Belcher 1791. (viii), 24 pp. An Abstract of... An Appendix to the Sacred Tragedy. [n.d., 1737]. viii, 17, (1) pp. BLACOW: The Defence of the Rev. Richard Blacow, Addressed to the Jury, in the Court at Lancaster... for a Libel against the Queen, with Notes on the Whig-Radical Faction. To which is prefixed, the Sermon that was read in evidence... London: Printed and Published for the Author 1822. (ii), 120 pp. The Operatives, a Genteel Comedy, in three acts. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Miller 1827. (ii), 25, (1) pp. The Queen that Jack Found. London: John Fairburn 1820. Sixth edition, (36) pp. OSMER, William. A Dissertation on Horses; Wherein it is demonstrated... that Innate Qualities do not exist, and that the excellence of this Animal is altogether mechanical and not in the Blood. London: T. Waller 1756. First edition, 42, 45-61, (3) pp. FREER, Adam. Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, De Syphilide Venerea... Edinburgh: Balfour, Auld & Smellie 1767. (iv), 42 pp.

Seven works in one volume, 8vo. Upper wrapper of Blacow's Defence bound in, "The Queen that Jack Found" with 13 woodcuts - 12 by George Cruikshank - and bound without the advertisements, Osmer's Dissertation lacking one leaf (pp 43/4). Some light foxing and soiling, old manuscript contents list to front blank, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, bookplates to paste down and fly leaf. 19th century half calf, slightly worn, rebacked with a black label reading "Pamphlets". A varied collection of 18th and 19th century works, including several very rare items. Scholefield's sermon followed the riots and destruction of the Dissenters' chapels in Birmingham. The Abstract and Appendix to the Sacred Tragedy are removed from a larger work. Rev. Richard Blacow was convicted of libel, having referred to Queen Caroline in a sermon as "the Goddess of Lust", and she is also the subject of the lively poem "The Queen That Jack Found", which contains caricatures of the royal couple and other public figures. Freer's paper on syphilis was his only published work. Only two copies (Oxford and Cambridge) located of Blacow's Defence, and one (Edinburgh) of the play "The Operatives". Osmer's "Dissertation on Horses" is a very scarce work in any edition with only three copies appearing at auction in the last 30 years. Cohn 679. Item #17761

Price: £285.00