The History of the Renowned John of Calais. JOHN OF CALAIS

BRITISH LIBRARY ONLY

The History of the Renowned John of Calais, and the Beautiful Constance, Princess of Portugal. To which is added, The Monk and Spectre. A Romance.

Engraved frontispiece by S. Sharpe.

First Edition. 12mo. [140 x 92 x 4 mm]. 36mm. Later marbled paper wrappers.
London: printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Ann Lemoine, White Rose Court, Coleman Street, and J. Roe, No.90 Houndsditch. Sold by all the Booksellers in The United Kingdom, [1803].

Lightly browned, and with the ink signature of Laetitia Ings, dated 1806 or 1808.

Originally priced at four pence. These are Tales 3 and 4 from Lemoine and Roe's Tell-Tale, or, Universal Museum series, a periodical specialising in short stories that were simultaneously sold as Gothic novellas, or bluebooks. Many of them were written by Sarah Wilkinson, but this remains unattributed. The only recorded copy is in the British Library.

Stock no. ebc8266