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Title: Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea Author: [Johnstone, Charles] Place: London Publisher: Hector M'Lean Date: 1821 Description: 3 volumes. [iii]-viii, 319 pp; [ii], 321 pp; [ii], 326 pp. Each volume illustrated with 5 hand-colored plates, 15 plates in total. (8vo) 8¼x5", contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines, marbled edges. A new edition, to which is now prefixed a sketch of the author's life. Superbly illustrated with 15 hand-colored plates. Satirical narrative in which a guinea (i.e. gold coin worth about 20 shillings) is made to describe its various owners. Several chapters are given to an account of the "Hell-fire Club," notorius for the profligancy of its members. Tooley #283. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to spine ends, board edges and corners, front cover of Vol. I nearly detached, front cover of Vol. II stained, hinges cracked in all volumes; lacking half-title in each volume and publisher's ads from rear of Vol. III, else very good. Item number: 172783