4th Dec, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 56
 

56

Walker, Capt. Charles Authentick Memoirs of the Life Intrigues and Adventures of the Celebrated...

Walker, Capt. Charles
Authentick Memoirs of the Life Intrigues and Adventures of the Celebrated Sally Salisbury. London: Printed in the Year, 1723. 8vo, cloth-backed marbled boards; port. frontis.
The life and times of a notorious prostitute, dearly loved by her influential patrons. She ended her days of 'brain fever' (almost certainly syphilis) in Newgate after stabbing John Finch (a politician and son of the Earl of Nottingham).

Sold for £750
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 4th Dec, 2019

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