Scrope (Elizabeth) Miss Scrope's Answer to Mr. Cresswell's Narrative, half-title, contemporary ink inscription "Eliz: Scrope. | No: 340." to final f. verso, for R.Baldwin, 1749 § Cresswell (Thomas Estcourt) A Narrative of the Affair between Mr. Cresswell, and Miss Sc--e..., for Charles Green, [1747], first editions, faint foxing and soiling, first disbound, second later wrappers, first uncut, 8vo (2)
⁂Cresswell's and Scrope's respective accounts of their relationship, a cause of prurient media attention at the time. Cresswell was a serial bigamist, and fathered illegitimate children with several women.
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