signed Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Brodie, and portrait of Smith at p. 226, by John Kay. xxii, [2], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1788 · Edinburgh
by Creech (1745-1815), William
Edinburgh: Printed By and for the Author; and Sold in London By T, Cadell in the Strand, 1788. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Brodie, and portrait of Smith at p. 226, by John Kay. xxii, [2], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label. Rebacked to style. Small closed tear to frontispiece, some offsetting to title-page. Small booklabel of Charles Whibley. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Brodie, and portrait of Smith at p. 226, by John Kay. xxii, [2], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From "Deacon" Brodie to Jekyll and Hyde. Inscribed "To James Ritchie Esq. from the author." The author, William Creech, was the famous Edinburgh publisher and author - he published the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems.
William Brodie, known as Deacon Brodie, was a respectable Edinburgh cabinetmaker who copied his client's house keys to rob them at night. He was the inspiration for R.L. Stevenson's play (wth Henley), "Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life"; the notion of a double life led naturally to Stevenson's great masterpiece, Jekyll & Hyde. (Inventory #: 300160)
William Brodie, known as Deacon Brodie, was a respectable Edinburgh cabinetmaker who copied his client's house keys to rob them at night. He was the inspiration for R.L. Stevenson's play (wth Henley), "Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life"; the notion of a double life led naturally to Stevenson's great masterpiece, Jekyll & Hyde. (Inventory #: 300160)