[Stacy, Edward?] | The lowdown on London's lowlife

[Stacy, Edward?]

The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum: or His Companion for the Town. In Eighteen Letters ... London: Printed for John Harris, 1699

8vo (191 x 114 mm). Two engraved plates, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end; light text browning throughout. Contemporary calf, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; rebacked, spine scuffed, some marginal wear to boards. 

A rich account of London lowlife, with chapters on the play-house, tennis-courts, bowling-greens, gaming-houses, lotteries, cock-matches, horse-races, bawds and whores, and with character sketches of a Sot, a Beau, a Gamester and a Spunger, among others.

REFERENCE:

ESTC R2672; Jessel 1470; Wing C6533

PROVENANCE:

William Boothly (contemporary inscription on title-page) — James Comerford (armorial bookplate)