Notorious adultress.- Campbell (Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll) A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of the Lady Hilaretta, first edition, 6pp., slightly foxed and soiled, later dark blue morocco-backed cloth, slightly rubbed, [Foxon C10; ESTC locates copies at Worcester College, Oxford and at Harvard only], folio, Printed for A. More, [1730].
⁂ Rare poem on the scandalous life of Lady Abergavenny, nee Katharine Tatton. Her first husband, the 13th Lord Abergavenny died of smallpox some 5 months after their marriage; she subsequently married his cousin and heir to the title but had several love affairs, most scandalous of which was with Richard Lyddel who was tried in 1730 a few months after her death "for carrying on a criminal conversation with the late Lady Abergavenny". This copy was formerly in the Brett-Smith collection.
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