The exquisite : a collection of tales, histories, and essays, funny, fanciful, and facetious : interspersed with anecdotes, original, and select, amorous adventures, piquant jests, and spicey sayings : illustrated with numerous engravings : volume the first.

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Title: The exquisite : a collection of tales, histories, and essays, funny, fanciful, and facetious : interspersed with anecdotes, original, and select, amorous adventures, piquant jests, and spicey sayings : illustrated with numerous engravings : volume the first.
Creator: Dugdale, William
Published / Created: [1842]
Publication Place: [London] :
Publisher: Printed and published by H. Smith, 37 Holywell St., Strand,
Description: "Each issue consisted of an engraving and eight pages of text; the 145 issues together formed three volumes ... Dugdale essentially offered two prices, because the engravings could also be bought in color for an additional shilling apiece. While each issue was cheap enough for the artistocracy of labor to afford, the full volumes, bound and in color, came quite dear." Cf. Sigel, L.Z. Governing pleasures, p. 45.
"May be had of all booksellers throughout the United Kingdom"--Colophon of each issue.
"No. 60 of The Exquisite will complete the first volume, when some alterations will be made that we hope will give satisfaction to our numerous subscribers. The emblamaticel [sic] title page will be altered so as to give printed matter in its place, a better type will be used and a considerable improvement in the illustrations"--P. 560.
"Printed and published by H. Smith [William Dugdale], [1842-1844]." Cf. B.L.
"The complete volume of The Exquisite may be had, neatly bound, for the sum of one guinea"--P. [595].
Bound in half calf and cloth, probably original.
Index: p. [3-4], first count.
Issues 1-59 have an emblematical t.p., identifying the specific contents of that issue; issue 60 does not have a t.p.
Extent: [4], 598 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 2007 +14

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Erotica
Subject (Topic): Erotic drawing, English--19th century
Erotic literature, English--Periodicals
Erotic stories, English--19th century

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Citation: Sigel, L.Z. Governing pleasures, p. 45

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7808085
Object ID (OID): 11530217