An exact diary of what was observ'd during a close attendance upon Mary Toft, the pretended Rabbet-Breeder of Godalming in Surrey, from Monday Nov. 28, to Wednesday Dec. 7 following. Together with an account of her confession of the fraud. By Sir Richard Manningham, Kt. fellow of the Royal Society, and of the College of Physicians, London

People / Organizations

• Richard Manningham (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for Fletcher Gyles over-against Grays-Inn in Holborn, and sold by J. Roberts at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1726. The second edition.; ..

Publication year

1726

ESTC No.

T56209

Grub Street ID

282758

Description

38p. ; 8°.

Note

Half-title: 'Sir R. Manningham's diary concerning Mary Toft, the pretended rabbet-breeder.'

Printed by William Bowyer; a reimpression of the first edition; his records show 500 copies of this second impression printed; a third impression (250 copies) is also recorded, with no copy found

Signatures: [A]]4 B-E]4 (E4 blank)

Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster.

Uncontrolled note

Blank leaf E4 present in G.14270(1). 'Rabbet-breeder' in the 245 has a space inbetween 'breed' and 'er'