The story of Nell Gwyn
Subtitle: and the sayings of Charles the Second
By: related and collected by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A.
Contributors: Vickery, Willis, 1857-1932, former owner; Tout, Samuel, active 1867-1869, binder; Zaehnsdorf (Firm); Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Privately printed
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Relations with women; Actors; Biography; Mistresses; History
Notes: Includes index

Rare Book (DRAMLIB) copy: Extra-illustrated with 60 plates (according to note on upper flyleaf), some in color.

Rare Book copy: Extra-illustrated with 74 plates (according to spine), some hand-colored.

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Rare Book (DRAMLIB) copy: From the library of Willis Vickery, with his bookplate.

Rare Book (DRAMLIB) copy: Bound in full red goatskin, sewn on five cords; upper and lower covers gilt with triple-line fillet; spine with five raised bands, gilt in compartments, with green onlays; board edges gilt with a double-line fillet; turn-ins gilt with decorative rolls and fillets; marbled endpapers; three-color silk endbands sewn with a front bead; all edges gilt; signed "Bound by Zaehnsdorf" at tail end of upper turn-in, with device in gilt on lower pastedown.

Rare Book copy: In contemporary English binding of full red goatskin; upper and lower covers with gold-tooled cornerpieces; spine with five raised bands, gilt in compartments; gold-tooled turn-ins and board edges; inner joint of red leather; separate pastedown of decorated paper; four-color silk endbands; red ribbon marker; top edge gilt; signed "Tout, binder" at tail end of upper turn-in.