PHILLIPS, TERESIA CONSTANTIA An Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. Teresia Constantia Phillips, more particularly that part of it which relates to her marriage with an eminent Dutch Merchant...
Three volumes. Volume I: London and Westminster: the booksellers, no date. Second edition, signed by the author. Volumes II and III: London: for the author, 1748-49. First editions, signed by the author. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt ruled. 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches (19.5 x 12 cm); Volume I: iv, xxii, [14], [v]-[x], [11]-348 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait; Volume II: [1] - 246, [1]-53, [11] 247-301 pp.; volume III: [1]-180, [8], 181-323, [1], [1]-6, [2], [1]-32 pp. Calf worn and dry, with hinges cracked, front board of volume I detached, front endpapers of volumes I and II loose, spines toned and chipped, contents toned and foxed, overopened in a few spots, sold as is.

The scandalous autobiography of a famous English courtesan, Teresia Constantia Phillips, who was unjustly abused by her wealthy husband after he discovered her bigamy. This resulted in a long and drawn out lawsuit, which Phillips described in detail in her book. The unreserved memoir also contains a full account of Phillips' adventurous life, with descriptions of her numerous marriages, her liaisons, and the ever-increasing hardships that were the result of her affairs. The text was published in eighteen parts, with the author's signature on the first leaf of many of the parts as an early form of copyright. There is a change in publisher from "the booksellers" in volume I to the author herself in the subsequent volumes due to the book's unseemly content and initial publishers' apparent fear of legal action.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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