Lot 253
Cellier (Elizabeth) Malice Defeated: Or a Brief Relation of the Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier..., first edition, for Elizabeth Cellier, 1680.
Hammer Price: £220
Description
Cellier (Elizabeth) Malice Defeated: Or a Brief Relation of the Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier...and the Mystery of the Meal-Tub fully discovered..., first edition, woodcut device to title, lacking final advertisement f., title with marginal tear and paper repair to verso, some marginal water-staining, mainly to final few Sig., foxing and browning, upper hinge broken, 19th century blue half calf, rubbed, [Wing C1661], small folio, for Elizabeth Cellier, 1680.
⁂ This the issue with the fourth line of the title ending "and". Elizabeth Cellier (c.1668-88) commonly known as the 'Popish Midwife', was a notable Catholic midwife who stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the 'Meal-Tub Plot' against the future King James II, but was eventually freed. Following the publication of this work swiftly after her acquittal, Cellier was charged with libel for alleging the torture of Catholic prisoners in Newgate. For this, she was sentenced to pay a fine of £1,000 and to stand three times in the pillory.
Provenance: Charles Harold Evelyn-White, F.S.A. (bookplate; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; tipped-in printed clipping to pastedown with inscription "Extract from my history of Great Missenden, Bucks., C.H.E.W.").
Description
Cellier (Elizabeth) Malice Defeated: Or a Brief Relation of the Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier...and the Mystery of the Meal-Tub fully discovered..., first edition, woodcut device to title, lacking final advertisement f., title with marginal tear and paper repair to verso, some marginal water-staining, mainly to final few Sig., foxing and browning, upper hinge broken, 19th century blue half calf, rubbed, [Wing C1661], small folio, for Elizabeth Cellier, 1680.
⁂ This the issue with the fourth line of the title ending "and". Elizabeth Cellier (c.1668-88) commonly known as the 'Popish Midwife', was a notable Catholic midwife who stood trial for treason in 1679 for her alleged part in the 'Meal-Tub Plot' against the future King James II, but was eventually freed. Following the publication of this work swiftly after her acquittal, Cellier was charged with libel for alleging the torture of Catholic prisoners in Newgate. For this, she was sentenced to pay a fine of £1,000 and to stand three times in the pillory.
Provenance: Charles Harold Evelyn-White, F.S.A. (bookplate; ownership inscription to front free endpaper; tipped-in printed clipping to pastedown with inscription "Extract from my history of Great Missenden, Bucks., C.H.E.W.").
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