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[ DAVENPORT, RICHARD ALFRED ] . Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity .
London: Published by Thomas Tegg and Son, 73 Cheapside, MDCCCXXXVII. [ 1837 ]. 0. First edition. Small 8vo, pp.16/pp.368 . A very good tight binding. Original half calf over marbled boards. Spine carefully repaired and boards rubbed. Original brown endpapers. Free-endpapers lightly soiled. Engraved frontispiece of Joan of Arc (lightly foxed and stained), otherwise clean text throughout. An expose of a great number of frauds and forgeries. Included are chapters on religious and heathen superstitions, literary impostors, forged works of art, the South Sea Bubble, pantomime art, juggling, vampires, alchemy, horoscopes and medical frauds. ** Davenport, Richard Alfred (1776–1852), author and publisher.
Offered for GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 196.32 by: Beckham Books - Book number: 34639
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