Research Catalog

Title

English laws for women in the nineteenth century / By C. Norton.

Author

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877.

Publication

London : -- [Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus], 1854.

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Additional Authors

J. Wertheimer and Co. prt

Description

iv, 176, 7-10 p.; 21 cm.

Subjects

• Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877 > Trials, litigation, etc
• Women > Legal status, laws, etc > Great Britain > 19th century

Note

• Printer's imprint from title-page verso.
• Dealing largely with the author's personal and legal battles with her husband, George Norton.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Norton, C. English laws for women in the nineteenth century)

OCLC

40379719

Author

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877.

Title

English laws for women in the nineteenth century / By C. Norton.

Imprint

London : -- [Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co., Circus Place, Finsbury Circus], 1854.

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Formerly owned by Emma Lucretia Le Fanu (Norton's cousin), with her initialed ownership signature ("ELL") on the title-page. -- Extra-illustrated with a frontispiece mezzotint portrait of Norton by J. Cochran after G. Hayter. -- Bound together with three printed works relating to Norton: a single sheet (2 p.) extract from The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblee for January, 1834, providing a "Genealogical memoir of the Hon. Mrs. Norton" (between p. iv and p. [1]); a single sheet (1 p. [handbill]) "Extract from the 'Times' of June 25th, 1836," with a letter to the editor commenting on the trial of Norton v. Lord Melbourne, signed "Currie and Woodgate"; and Norton's Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's marriage and divorce bill (London: Longman [et al.] 1855). -- Bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, with red morocco spine label and gilt spine-titling.

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Added Author

J. Wertheimer and Co. Printer

Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871. Illustrator

Cochran, John, fl. 1821-1865. Engraver

Bennett, Emma Lucretia Le Fanu, -1893. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Norton, C. English laws for women in the nineteenth century)