Item #124127 Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century... An Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Country... [with] Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons and intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes. John. Nichols Nichols, John Bowyer.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century... An Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Country... [with] Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons and intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes...

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century... An Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Country... [with] Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons and intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes...

1812. London: Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1812-1816 and 1817-1858.

17 vols, thick 8vo, numerous engraved portrait plates (some folding) throughout both sets. Uniformly bound in contemporary russia gilt, marbled edges a superb set in almost flawless condition with only a couple of joints with small splits. Bookplate of Joseph Neeld in each volume.

§ Sets of this important reference work of the period are not rare, but very rare in fine contemporary bindings in good condition as it was (and is) a standard work of reference and usually much worn. John Nichols and his son John Bowyer Nichols were important publishers: "still a source mined with profit by scholars of eighteenth-century British literature and history" (Christopher Edwards, from whom this set came). Blake is not obviously referenced though he should have been, but there are many references to his contemporaries. Lowndes p.1686. Item #124127

Price: $4,500.00