Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1783 : containing the histories and some curious anecdotes of the most celebrated ladies now on the town, or in keeping, and also of many of their keepers

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Title: Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1783 : containing the histories and some curious anecdotes of the most celebrated ladies now on the town, or in keeping, and also of many of their keepers
Published / Created: [1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for H. Ranger, No. 23 almost opposite Clifford's-Inn, Fleet-Street ...
Description: With a half-title page: Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, for the year 1783.
Below half-title in square brackets: Price 2s 6d.
Imprint continues: "... where may be had the separate lists of each year, from the year 1771 to the present 1783."
Signatures: [A]⁶(-A1?) B-L⁶ M⁶ [chi]1 [$3 signed (I2 signed 'I3', L2 signed 'K2')]. With vertical chain lines.
First edition 1760. Supposed to have been composed by Jack Harris, waiter at the Shakespeare's-Head. Cf. Lowndes.
With H.W. Bleackley ms. notes identifying some of the ladies listed in the index and notes throughout.
Provenance: Purchased from Howes with 3 other Harris's Lists; January 1949.
Extent: x, 134 p. ; 18 cm (12mo in 6s)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 646 783 H24

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Genre: Early works to 1800
Fiction
Periodicals
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Book illustrations
Almanacs
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Topic): English wit and humor
Prostitution
Almanacs, English
Sex
City & town life
Couples
Prostitutes
Subjects: English wit and humor > Early works to 1800
Prostitution > England > Early works to 1800
Almanacs, English > Early works to 1800
Sex > Fiction > Periodicals
City & town life > England > London
Couples
Prostitutes
18th century
Bleackley, Horace William, 1868-1931 > Ms. notes
Bleackley, Horace William, 1868-1931 > Ownership

Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1783 : containing the histories and some curious anecdotes of the most celebrated ladies now on the town, or in keeping, and also of many of their keepers

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