THE LETTERS AND WORKS OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU.
Edited by her great grandson Lord Wharncliffe. In three volumes. Pp. lxiv+402+[iv]+450+[iv]+472, 5 portrait plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard each volume), index; demy 8vo; bound by C. E. Lauriat Co, Boston, in half reddish/brown morocco, the spines lettered and ruled in gilt around two raised bands, brown cloth boards, neatly underbacked, with the original spines laid on, the upper board of Volume III faintly marked; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers; hinges reinforced, the 3 tissue guards browned, a couple of tiny edge splits, minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner of a couple of pages in Volume III, a couple of spots of light foxing; Richard Bentley, London, 1837. Second edition, revised. *Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a poet, essayist, and prolific letter writer. Educated at home, she taught herself Latin in her father's library. In 1715 she contracted smallpox, which left her face disfigured. Soon after, when she travelled to Turkey with her husband, she saw smallpox inoculation performed, and she later became known for advocating inoculation in England. Her correspondents include Alexander Pope, from whom she later became estranged. Item #168327
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