Lot 75
Fraud and confidence tricks.- Pleasant Art (The) of Money-Catching, fourth edition, for A. Bettesworth, 1737
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Fraud and confidence tricks.- Pleasant Art (The) of Money-Catching, fourth edition, woodcut frontispiece (trimmed at foot affecting 2 words of caption), reinforcement to fore-margin, repaired tear to final f., browning and light soiling, ink inscriptions to frontispiece recto, modern speckled calf, 12mo, for A. Bettesworth, 1737.
⁂ A charming work covering a number of sharp practices (many of which were allegedly practised by the author).
Description
Fraud and confidence tricks.- Pleasant Art (The) of Money-Catching, fourth edition, woodcut frontispiece (trimmed at foot affecting 2 words of caption), reinforcement to fore-margin, repaired tear to final f., browning and light soiling, ink inscriptions to frontispiece recto, modern speckled calf, 12mo, for A. Bettesworth, 1737.
⁂ A charming work covering a number of sharp practices (many of which were allegedly practised by the author).