An account of the rise, progress and present state of the Magdalen Hospital, for the reception of penitent prostitutes. Together with Dr. Dodd's Sermons ... to which are added, the Advice to the Magdalens; with the ... rules, list of subscribers; and an abstract of the Act for establishing the charity.

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An account of the rise, progress and present state of the Magdalen Hospital, for the reception of penitent prostitutes. Together with Dr. Dodd's Sermons ... to which are added, the Advice to the Magdalens; with the ... rules, list of subscribers; and an abstract of the Act for establishing the charity. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : W. Faden, sold by J. Knox, etc., 1770.

Physical description

1 unnumbered leaf, v pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 449, that is, 461 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves (last blank) : frontispiece, folded plan ; (12mo)

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Edition

4th ed.

References note

ESTC T93961

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the Shaping of the Modern World" at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA, 2 February - 30 April 2017, and Kensington Palace, London, 22 June - 12 November 2017

Notes

Copy 1 Note: Six extra leaves (signed *D4, etc., and paginated *33-44), 'An authentic narrative of a Magdalen', between D4 and D5.

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