The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. In three volumes. Containing, Perjur'd Husband. Beaux's Duel. Gamester. Basset Table. Love at a Venture. Love's Contrivance. Busy Body. Marplot in Lisbon. Platonic Lady. Perplex'd Lovers. Cruel Gift. Wonder, a Woman Keeps a Secret. Man's Bewitch'd. Gotham Election. Wife Well Managed. A Bickerstaff's Burying. Bold Stroke for a Wife. Artifice. Stolen Heiress. With a New Account of her Life.

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Title The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. In three volumes. Containing, Perjur'd Husband. Beaux's Duel. Gamester. Basset Table. Love at a Venture. Love's Contrivance. Busy Body. Marplot in Lisbon. Platonic Lady. Perplex'd Lovers. Cruel Gift. Wonder, a Woman Keeps a Secret. Man's Bewitch'd. Gotham Election. Wife Well Managed. A Bickerstaff's Burying. Bold Stroke for a Wife. Artifice. Stolen Heiress. With a New Account of her Life.
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Signed Author Mrs. Centlivre
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Self-published No
Volumes 3
Pagination I xii, 376; II 371; III 380
Date of Publication 1761
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1761
Imprint Printed for J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, S. Crowder and Co. W. Bathoe, T. Lownds, T. Caslon, and G. Kearsly.
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Location of Printing London GB
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  • CHL 4421
Notes Volume I containing The Life of the Author, Perjur'd Husband, Beaux's Duel, Gamester, Basset Table, Love at a Venture, Stolen Heiress; volume II containing Love's Contrivance, Busy Body, Marplot in Lisbon, Platonic Lady, Perplexed Lovers, Cruel Gift; volume III containing The Wonder, The Man Bewitch'd, Gotham Election, Wife Well Managed, Bickerstaff's Burial, Bold Stroke for a Wife, Artifice

Volume I imprint date is 1761; volumes II and III imprint dates say 1760.

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Centlivre, Susanna. The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. In three volumes. Containing, Perjur'd Husband. Beaux's Duel. Gamester. Basset Table. Love at a Venture. Love's Contrivance. Busy Body. Marplot in Lisbon. Platonic Lady. Perplex'd Lovers. Cruel Gift. Wonder, a Woman Keeps a Secret. Man's Bewitch'd. Gotham Election. Wife Well Managed. A Bickerstaff's Burying. Bold Stroke for a Wife. Artifice. Stolen Heiress. With a New Account of her Life.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 7664, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/7664. Accessed 2024-12-18. 

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