[Rarebooks] FS--The Righteous Midwife

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

[MEAL-TUB PLOT & THE RIGHTEOUS MIDWIFE].  Tryal and Sentence of
Elizabeth Cellier; for Writing, Printing, and Publishing, A
Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated . . . At the Sessions in
the Old-Bailey [with] Several Depositions, made before . . . the
Lord Mayor. Wing T2171; McCoy C153. Folio.  Printed for Thomas
Collins, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, London, 1680.  Modern
blind-panelled calf, a bit of staining and marginal worming, else
a good copy; with the imprimatur leaf. [76739] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=76739 $ 750.00

The principal contemporary account of the righteous midwife
acquitted of attempting the King's kidnapping in the 'Meal-Tub
Plot'; her expose of that matter ('Malice Defeated') led to this
trial, for which she was fined, pilloried and her book burnt.

Joe Luttrell
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