Case of Miss Fancourt. The documents and correspondence in the christian observer on the alleged miraculous cure of miss fancourt.
London.
Printed by Ellerton and Henderson...for J. Hatchard and Son, 1831.
First edition.
8vo.
77pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Later brown half- cloth, blue paper boards, paper label lettered "bibliotheca Occulta' to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Book-label of Captain F. G. Irwin to FEP, letterpress bookseller's description pasted to recto of FFEP, title page stained.
The sole edition of a compilation of excerpts extracted from the Christian Observer - edited by Church of England clergyman and journalist Samuel Charles Wilks (1789-1872) - relating to the alleged miraculous recovery of Miss Fancourt, a 'helpless cripple' apparently cured by the effusive prayer of one Mr. Greaves.
Intriguingly, given the extracts are entirely drawn from a periodical devoted to Christian worship, the pamphlet presents a rather sceptical view of the event; notably including the testimony of physician Mr. B. Travers who states plainly that Fancourt's relief was due to the alleviation of symptoms relating to an hysterical affection simulating disease of the hip joint.
COPAC records copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Lambeth, and Oxford); OCLC adds one further copy (NYPL).
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 33632
Intriguingly, given the extracts are entirely drawn from a periodical devoted to Christian worship, the pamphlet presents a rather sceptical view of the event; notably including the testimony of physician Mr. B. Travers who states plainly that Fancourt's relief was due to the alleviation of symptoms relating to an hysterical affection simulating disease of the hip joint.
COPAC records copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Lambeth, and Oxford); OCLC adds one further copy (NYPL).
