Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

144 142 c   (GESVRES, FRANÇOIS-JOACHIM-BERNARD POTIER, Duc de.) The Case of Impotency Debated, in the late Famous Tryal at Paris; between the Marquis de Gesvres and his Lady, Mademoiselle de Mascranny. [4], 326, [2]; 197, [3] pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, 160x94 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed, Volume 1 front joint cracked, cords intact; contents toned with scattered minor stains, small hole in I1 in Volume 1 affecting a few letters. 18th-century armorial bookplate of the Earl of Galloway mounted on otherwise blank verso of titles. London: E. Curll, 1715 [100/200] Second edition of a 1714 translation of documents from a notorious divorce trial of the period. 143 c   (GROSVENOR, RICHARD, first Earl Grosvenor.) The Whole Proceedings at Large, in a Cause on an Action brought by the Rt. Hon. Richard Lord Grosvenor against His Royal Highness Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland; For Criminal Conversation with Lady Grosvenor. Tried . . . In the Court of King’s Bench, On the 5th of July, 1770. 79, [1] pages. Folio, 312x202 mm, 20th-century 1 / 4 tan calf; scattered stains, contemporary marginalia and corrections in ink, lower corner off penultimate leaf slightly affecting catchword and marginalia on recto. London: J. Wheble, 1770 [150/250] Lord Grosvenor was awarded damages of £10,000 in the suit he brought against the Duke of Cumberland, the younger brother of George III, after the Duke and Grosvenor’s wife were caught in flagrante delicto at an inn. The trial transcript contains exhaustive testimony regarding the incident. LAW LOTS 142 - 154 SEE ALSO LOT 127