Friendship in Death: in twenty letters from the Dead to the Living. To which are added, letters Moral and Entertaining, In Prose and Verse: In three parts.
[s.i.].
[s.n.], 1750.
12mo.
xix, [1], 292pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, marked, some loss to head of spine. Hinges exposed, without FFEP, early inked ownership inscription of Joseph Steevens to title page, long tear to leaf I4 - naively repaired at margin, loss to foot of leaf P4, with slight loss to catchword, scattered spotting.
The most popular work of English novelist and poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe (1674-1737). One of the most widely read authors of the eighteenth-century, Rowe was given credit by scholars for being thematically and stylistically radical for her time; indeed Samuel Johnson praised her for her 'ornaments of romance in the decoration of religion'. The book encompasses a range of letters from the virtuous dead to living loved ones, serving often as commentary on moral dilemmas and contemporary social issues.
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref: 32978
