1832-1833 Tales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

Eighteen volumes presenting an impressive collection of short stories, novels, essays and works from prominent literary figure Maria Edgeworth, with many confronting themes of well as social and moral education, and examples of her Romantic and historical novels.

Uniformly bound in half calf by Root & Son, with floral gilt detailing to spines.

With a frontispiece, engraved title page, and general title page to each volume. Collated, complete.

Volume I, featuring 'Castle Rackrent'.

Volumes II and III containing 'Moral Tales'.

Volumes IV and V featuring 'Popular Tales'.

Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX and X containing 'Tales of Fashionable Life'.

Volumes XI and XII containing the novel 'Belinda'.

Volume XIII featuring the novel 'Leonora', and 'Letters on Several Subjects'.

Volumes XIV and XV containing the first part of the novel 'Patronage', and with volume XVI containing the final part of 'Patronage', and 'Comic Dramas'.

Volume XVII, featuring 'Harrington' and 'Thoughts on Bores'.

And finally volume XVIII, featuring the novel 'Ormond'.

With publisher's advertisements to the rear of three volumes.

A charming collection of the major works of this significant figure in the evolution of the European novel.

With the bookplate of Marie Tudor Garland to the front pastedown of each volume. She was great-granddaughter of Judge William Tudor, State Senator & Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She was married seven times, before being murdered by a jealous lover at the age of 75.