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Additional authors

1. Button, William, active 1794-1820.
2. Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840.
3. Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.
4. Parker, James, 1750-1805.

Description

1. [iii]-79, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 17 cm.

Subject

1. Prostitution > Moral and ethical aspects
2. Seduction > Moral and ethical aspects

Call number

1. Pforz (Giles, W. Victim. 1809)

Note

1. By William Giles.
2. Illustrations: Engraved frontispiece, "The Victim," by J. Parker after T. Stothard; depicts a woman in a white dress, her hands raised in despair while she watches a man, surrounded by putti, walking away from her, his palm raised in a spurning gesture. -- Woodcut tailpiece of a clipper ship on p. 18. -- Woodcut floral ornament tailpiece on p. 70. -- Woodcut "Finis" tailpiece on p. 79.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Author

1. Giles, W. (William)

Title

1. The victim : in five letters to Adolphus.

Imprint

1. London : Printed for W. Button, Paternoster Row, by C. Wittingham, Goswell Street, 1809.

Edition

1. Second edition.

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local note

1. Pforzheimer copy: With the armorial bookplate of James Hansard. -- Bound in contemporary polished calf, spine gilt.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Button, William, active 1794-1820. Publisher
2. Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840. Printer
3. Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. Illustrator
4. Parker, James, 1750-1805. Engraver
5. Hansard, James, 1781-ca. 1849. Former owner

Research call number

1. Pforz (Giles, W. Victim. 1809)