Men, women, and books : a selection of sketches, essays, and critical memoirs, from his uncollected prose writings [complete in 2 volumes]

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)

1847, First Edition. London : Smith, Elder and Co. Good copies both in the original gilt-blocked burgundy cloth boards, now slightly dust-dulled and damp-stained. Corners bumped, with panel edges worn; joints and endbands somewhat rubbed. Vol. 1 front hinge weak, with free endpaper loose. Text blocks remain strong, if lightly foxed throughout. A well-preserved set overall. Item #475347

Physical description; complete in 2 volumes ; 21 cm. Contents; v. 1. Fiction and matter of fact. Inside of an omnibus. Day of the disasters of Carlington Blundell. Visit to the zoological gardens. A man introduced to his ancestors. Novel party. Beds and bedrooms. World of books. Jack Abbott's breakfast. On seeing a pigeon make love. Month of May. The Giuli tre. Few remarks on the cure vice called lying. Criticism on female beauty. Of deceased statesmen who have written verses. Female sovereigns of England – v. 2. Social morality. Pope. Garth, physicians, and love-letters. Cowley and Thomson. Bookstalls and "Galateo". Bookbinding and "Heliodorus". Ververt, or, The parrot of the nuns. Specimens of British poetesses. Duchess of St. Albans, and marriages from the state. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Life and African visit of Pepys. Life and letters of Madame de Sévigné. Subjects; English essays – 19th century. English literature – History and criticism. Women poets. Beauty, Personal. Books and reading. Essays. Literary criticism.

Price: €125.00