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CUTCHACUTCHOO : -. Second Edition. Cutchacutchoo, or the jostling of the innocents. Dublin : Printed

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CUTCHACUTCHOO : -. Second Edition. Cutchacutchoo, or the jostling of the innocents. Dublin : Printed

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
CUTCHACUTCHOO : -. Second Edition. Cutchacutchoo, or the jostling of the innocents. Dublin : Printed for C. Lewis [1805]. Pages xii, 29, (3, blank), the dedication signed 'F. T. C.' [bound with:] The History of Cutchacutchoo [:prose]. Dublin : Printed for M. N. Mahon, 1805. First edition, 22-pages. [: and] The Croaker : and Venus Angry : addressed to the author of Cutchacutchoo. Dublin : Printed by C. Downes, 1805. First edition, pages viii, (9)-20, with the half-title. [and:] Dublin Run Mad !!! Or, remarks on Cutchacutchoo, and its history : with a poetical address to the real innocents of Dublin. Dedicated to the author of Cutchacutchoo. Dublin : Printed by Holmes and Charles, 1805. First edition, pages xii, (13)-47, (1, blank), with the half-title. Dublin 1805Four works, all but one in verse, in one volume 8vo, nineteenth century half calf, gilt lettered spine : some minor staining but all in very good state and all entirely uncut.Four rare related satires on what would appear to have been a daring party game. Authorship of the second work has been attributed to John Wilson Croker, the first person to use the term ‘Conservative’ in reference to a political party. “An amusing history could be written of the doings in Dublin Castle, especially in the last century, when there was less outward decorum than prevails in our time. From the old memoirs we learn that the Vice-Kings were oftentimes jovial, and permitted somewhat of a saturnalia to prevail - as when the game of Cutchacutchoo was introduced, and was in high favour at the Castle. Two recesses were fitted up at the end of the grand saloons, and here behind a curtain the ladies prepared their toilet for the sport. In a moment the floor was crowded with 'belles', 'dowagers', and 'beaux', hopping about in the sitting attitude required by the game. Great was the laughter when a gentle dame of high degree was capsized by the heavier assault of a stouter rival. Presently, as the fun waxed more furious, dresses were torn, hair disordered, paint on the fair faces began to rub off ; and the whole became a romp."' - Chapters of Dublin History.IRISH LITERATURE; IRELAND; DUBLIN PRINTED; VERSE; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;