Beschreibung:

[Johnstone (Charles)] Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea: Wherein are Exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes, with Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of the Most Noted Persons in Every Rank of Life, Whose Hands it Passed Through in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal, 2 vol. in 1, first Dublin edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, titles a little browned, otherwise a very good, clean copy, contemporary calf, lacking spine label, a little rubbed, Dublin, by Dillon Chamberlaine, in Smock-Alley, 1760; and an attractive 4 volume set of the 1794 edition, large 12mo (5) ⁂ Johnstone's most significant novel, a succès de scandale that ran to numerous editions.