Item #51218 Original Letters, from Richard Baxter, Matthew Prior, Lord Bolingbroke, Alexander Pope, Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Hartley, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Montague, Rev. William Gilpin, Rev. John Newton, George Lord Lyttleton, Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan, etc. etc. With Biographical Illustrations. Samuel JOHNSON, Alexander POPE.

Original Letters, from Richard Baxter, Matthew Prior, Lord Bolingbroke, Alexander Pope, Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Hartley, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Montague, Rev. William Gilpin, Rev. John Newton, George Lord Lyttleton, Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan, etc. etc. With Biographical Illustrations.

WARNER, Rebecca, [JOHNSON, Samuel; POPE, Alexander, et al.].

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 303; [1]. Contemporary brown half calf recently re-backed, with the original marbled boards and the original spine laid over. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Light occasional spotting. Heavy wear to boards and original spine leather, corners rubbed and worn. Good. Containing, among others, many letters from Alexander Pope, and three from Dr. Johnson, being addressed to Francis Fowke, Joseph Fowke and Samuel Richardson. Item #51218

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Original Letters, from Richard Baxter, Matthew Prior, Lord Bolingbroke, Alexander Pope, Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Hartley, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Montague, Rev. William Gilpin, Rev. John Newton, George Lord Lyttleton, Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan, etc. etc. With Biographical Illustrations.