Scrapeana, Fugitive Miscellany; or A Medley of Choice Bon Mots, Repartees, andc. To Which is Added, A Large Collection of Yorkshire Anecdotes

viii, 352pp. In a later, three quarter red leather binding over marbled card. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Vignette to title page. 12mo. A little rubbed on corners and spine ends, small nick in leather near base of spine. Some spotting internally affecting first and last few pages only. Croft was a wine merchant in York and Oporto, a one time sheriff of York, and eccentric antiquarian and collector. He acquired the nickname Scrapeana after this title. Scrapeana contains an anecdote about Elizabeth Sterne, wife of Laurence Sterne. Stephen Croft of Stillington (1713-1798) was Sterne's friend, and John Croft's brother. In 1795, he sent a collection of anecdotes about Sterne to Caleb Whiteford which were later published by William Hewins, constituting "an inimical character sketch" Scarce title.