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[Tracts and other items relating to Mary Toft, the rabbit woman of Godalming].

Accession number
PML 9313
Creator
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
Published
[England, 1726-1819]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
A bound volume of collected materials pertaining to the notorious case of "rabbit woman" Mary Toft of Godalming; the contents dated 1726-ca. 1819, and including: 11 printed tracts and specimens of satirical verse and prose, 8 prints, 1 pen and ink portrait of Mary Toft by G.P. Harding, and an original manuscript transcription of the "Predictions of William Whiston".
All 21 items comprising this volume have been cataloged separately (see PML 9313.1-21).
Another similar album is at McGill University, Montreal: A complete collection, of all the tracts, both printed and manuscript, relating to Mary Tofts, the celebrated Rabbit Woman of Godalming / collected by G. Steevens.
Description
1 v. (21 items) ; 21 cm
Provenance
From the libraries of George Nassau (sale 16 Feb. 1824); and Thomas Jolley (sale 15 June 1852).
Binding
Brown rabbit fur; in brown cloth case.
Classification
Department