x, 297 + 3 ad pp. (12mo) 16x9 cm (6½x4"), period quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated spine. Second Edition. Handsomely bound collection of letters from the physician and man of letters who also wrote occasional pieces with his sister Anna Barbauld. These wide-ranging pieces comment on poetry from the classics, Phoebus and Daphne, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost, Samuel Johnson, etc. Scarce.
x, 297 + 3 ad pp. (12mo) 16x9 cm (6½x4"), period quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated spine. Second Edition. Handsomely bound collection of letters from the physician and man of letters who also wrote occasional pieces with his sister Anna Barbauld. These wide-ranging pieces comment on poetry from the classics, Phoebus and Daphne, Homer's Iliad, Milton's Paradise Lost, Samuel Johnson, etc. Scarce.
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