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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A charming calf-bound Cooke's edition of Rev. William Dodd's moral tale, a reflection of the 18th-century "conduct novel". Cooke's edition. Two volumes in one.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.In a contemporary speckled calf binding.Embellished with two engraved plates.The Sisters is a novel, first published in 1754, often described as a "bad-sister-damned/good-sister-saved" plot. Written by Reverend Dr. William Dodd, this moralising tale highlights themes of virtue and temptation and serves as a notable example of the didactic genre common with the period.Dodd, nicknamed the Macaroni Parson, was a Church of England clergyman who was ultimately executed for forgery in 1777.ODNB damningly describes The Sisters as "a novel whose dullness at least conceals its limp eroticism". It seems he found most success in his writing endeavours with The Beauties of Shakspeare (1752), a collection of quotations which stayed in print well into the twentieth century. In a contemporary speckled calf binding, with gilt to the spine and red morocco spine label. Externally, generally smart, with moderate rubbing to extremities, most notable to the bottom corner of the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spots to the margins. Very Good. book.