Memoirs… Written by Himself. Containing an Account of his Life and Writings, interspersed with Anecdotes and Characters of several of the most Distinguished Persons of his Time, with whom he has had Intercourse and Connexion.
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co., 1806. 4to (313 x 248 mm.). 4 engraved portraits. Ca. 1830s fine-ribbed green cloth over boards, uncut. Condition : L1 torn, paper slightly discolored and brittle from old damp, the leaf at front with February 1806 inscription is on laid paper and may have been supplied from another of Piozzi's books (albeit at the time of its present binding); binding worn, covers dampstained. Provenance : Quaritch/1008 (1980), item 292, $5,000. hester lynch thrale piozzi's heavily annotated copy . Inscribed on a preliminary blank (laid down): "Bought at Bath|Feb: 1806--|H: L: Piozzi.", and with manuscript annotations in ink on 58 pages of text. The annotations range from comments of a few words only, with some grammatical corrections, to much longer notes mined from her memories of various occasions or facts as described by Cumberland, for a total of 267 lines (margin width). Her notes refer to Johnson on pages 84, 271, 272 and 273; the latter page also correcting the copyright price of Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield ("for £10: Read £50"), and reporting Johnson's finding Goldsmith at Wine Office Court, "drinking himself drunk with a Bottle of bad Madeira." The longest entry appears on page 500 (actually two notes totalling 24 lines): "Cumberland's Women are always painted hateful I think, at least to Women: Susan May has a right to Men's Attention, & perhaps may gain it." Page 507 contains perceptive criticism of Burke's The French Revolution :"…That Oyster lives not long, which breeds many Pearls. Burke resembles those Roman Emperors who Suffocated their Guests with Fragrance - for their own Sport. There is besides a Fault in the Manufacturing this Pamphlet: The Author should have divided it into Sections or Chapters…". On the last page Piozzi writes: "I think his Book most beautiful. I read it over twice at Bath--borrowing it;…& bought it after all for purpose of reading it a Third Time at Brynbella|29: May|1806." first edition .
Memoirs… Written by Himself. Containing an Account of his Life and Writings, interspersed with Anecdotes and Characters of several of the most Distinguished Persons of his Time, with whom he has had Intercourse and Connexion.
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, & Co., 1806. 4to (313 x 248 mm.). 4 engraved portraits. Ca. 1830s fine-ribbed green cloth over boards, uncut. Condition : L1 torn, paper slightly discolored and brittle from old damp, the leaf at front with February 1806 inscription is on laid paper and may have been supplied from another of Piozzi's books (albeit at the time of its present binding); binding worn, covers dampstained. Provenance : Quaritch/1008 (1980), item 292, $5,000. hester lynch thrale piozzi's heavily annotated copy . Inscribed on a preliminary blank (laid down): "Bought at Bath|Feb: 1806--|H: L: Piozzi.", and with manuscript annotations in ink on 58 pages of text. The annotations range from comments of a few words only, with some grammatical corrections, to much longer notes mined from her memories of various occasions or facts as described by Cumberland, for a total of 267 lines (margin width). Her notes refer to Johnson on pages 84, 271, 272 and 273; the latter page also correcting the copyright price of Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield ("for £10: Read £50"), and reporting Johnson's finding Goldsmith at Wine Office Court, "drinking himself drunk with a Bottle of bad Madeira." The longest entry appears on page 500 (actually two notes totalling 24 lines): "Cumberland's Women are always painted hateful I think, at least to Women: Susan May has a right to Men's Attention, & perhaps may gain it." Page 507 contains perceptive criticism of Burke's The French Revolution :"…That Oyster lives not long, which breeds many Pearls. Burke resembles those Roman Emperors who Suffocated their Guests with Fragrance - for their own Sport. There is besides a Fault in the Manufacturing this Pamphlet: The Author should have divided it into Sections or Chapters…". On the last page Piozzi writes: "I think his Book most beautiful. I read it over twice at Bath--borrowing it;…& bought it after all for purpose of reading it a Third Time at Brynbella|29: May|1806." first edition .
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