Item 18 is New Books printed for E. Curll, at Pope's Head… a catalogue from the notorious London bookseller from 1740. This catalogue offered a combination of serious works of science, poetry, surgery and the like with the scandalous and pornographic type of works for which Curll is better known. Edmund Curll knew what customers wanted and he produced it. That included slander, pirated works, fabricated letters and lies. It landed him in jail on occasion, but prison never reformed Mr. Curll, who continued to produce such material throughout his life. €900 (US $1,223).
Item 46 is a book of calligraphic writings from an unidentified writer from 1857. The sheets containing the writings have been bound up. They are in color with various colors of paper used as well. Most of the texts relate to birds. €550 (US $748).
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