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Title:
The Trial of John Hart, Esq. Alderman of London; for Adultery and Cruelty . . . That, among Variety of Ingenious Refinements upon Cruelty, the Alderman extinguished Mrs. Hart's Fires in the coldest Weather . . . kicked and dragged her about [etc.]
Publisher:
Printed for G. Lister, No. 46, Old Bailey, London, 1780.
Description:
A rare account of a classic case of physical and mental cruelty (a genre not often reported), including forced seclusion, attempted strangulation, and physical blows of many different sorts, leading to the modern equivalent of a judicial separation
Condition:
Modern cloth-backed boards, quite fresh, with the three panel frontispiece graphically depicting several of Hart's cruelties towards his wife
Book No.:
W-80434
Price:
$ 1250.00
Category:
adultery, trials, women's law
Author:
Title:
Trial of Mrs. Ann Nisbett, Wife of Walter Nisbett, Esq; of Grafton Street, Berkeley Square . . . For committing Adultery with Thomas Totty, Esq; (A Captain in the Navy, and Commander of the Majesty's Ship the Sphynx) At Doctors Commons
Publisher:
Printed for the Author, and sold by S. Bladon [and others], London, 1783.
Description:
A first step via Doctors Commons for subsequently securing a private act of Parliament to dissolve a marriage and to enable a re-marriage, available to the wealthy and well-connected (as here), the only means of obtaining a divorce prior to 1857
Condition:
Modern cloth-backed boards, printed paper label, quite well preserved and fresh, with the half-title and the final leaf giving the sentence
Book No.:
W-80431
Price:
$ 750.00
Category:
adultery, Parliament, divorce, marriage, trials

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