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0390002676

Selling a Wife to highest bidder. Illegal, but done in Sheffield 1803 Brighton 1808 and is an incident in Thomas Hardy's novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. Hand-coloured engraving from 'Popular Passtimes' London 1816.

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Selling a Wife to highest bidder. Illegal, but done in Sheffield 1803 Brighton 1808 and is an incident in Thomas Hardy's novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. Hand-coloured engraving from 'Popular Passtimes' London 1816.