89A Curiosa. The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton. Unexpurgated, containing—I. Scarronides; or, Virgil Travestie; II. Lucian Burlesqu'd; or, The Scoffer Scoff'd; III. The Wonders of the Peake. Illustrated with a number of curious copper-plate engravings. 12mo. half green calf (rubbed.) London, 1731. $5.00
90 Curiosa. Flim-Flams; or, the Life and Errors of Uncle and His Friends. With illustrations and obscurities by Messieurs Tag, Rag, and Bobtail. A Literary Romance. With curious copper-plate engravings. 3 vols. 12mo. original half leather, gilt, board sides. London: Murray, 1806. $17.50
A new edition, with material alterations and additions.
The illustrious author of Flim-Flams is no more! He died of vexation—and laughter! The ingenuity of his critics and his own, afforded him a plentiful source of both.
The illustrations represent the following: "Baking a Wronghead," "My Uncle," "A Scale of Genius," "Virtue in Danger," "Lemons! Lemons!" "An Electrified Lover," "Greek Feeling," etc.
91 Curiosa. Bundling; its Origins, Progress and Decline in America. By Henry R. Stiles. Post 8vo. original cloth. Albany: 1871. $4.50
First Edition. Scarce.
92 Curiosa. Cent per Cent. A story, written upon a Bill Stamp. By Blanchard Jerrold. With 5 full-page, hand-colored plates. 12mo. original cloth. London, n. d. $5.00
"For if she will, she will, you may depend on't.
"And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't."