Wilkinson, Tate.

12mo, first edition, 4 volumes, contemporary blue morocco gilt, covers with triple fillets enclosing borders of interlocking sheafs, stars and circles, spines in six compartments, two compartments with recurring bird among the reeds design, two others with small chapel or church design surrounded by wheat-sheaves, red morocco labels and bands

Frances Mary Richardson Currer, bookplates

The book collector Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) lived at Eshton Hall, Skipton, and had a library which was famous throughout the North of England.  She was a neighbour of the Sidgwick family, for whom Charlotte Bronte worked as governess as a young woman, and almost certainly partly inspired Charlotte's choice of pseudonym ("Currer Bell") for her published works.

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First edition, with an intersting provenance, of the memoirs of the actor and theatre manager Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803), who, from 1770 ownards, was sole manager of the York circuit of theatres, which also included Hull, Newcastle and  Leeds. As an actor, his reputation "was founded on enormous popularity as a gifted mimic of exceptional skill and ability. He caught the very appearance of the people he imitated, even if they were young women..." (Oxford DNB)