The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 178
WILSON, G.H. The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful an...
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WILSON, G.H. The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters. London: Printed by and for J. and J. Cundee, 1813 (V1) and London: Printed for James Cundee, 1807 (V2 ? 4). Four volumes in matching plain boards with paper title labels. Each volume with an extra engraved title page and paginated separately. Engraved plates picture many of the characters described. General wear and usual browning; very good or better. Not in Toole Stott.The first collected edition of this wide-ranging treatise on all manner of eccentric characters including Daniel Lambert the fat man, Patrick Cotter the Irish Giant, Jedediah Buxton, and dozens more of their ilk.
