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    By Elizabeth Smith; Henrietta Maria Bowdler [ed.]
    Bath   Richard Cruttwell
    7" by 5" viii, 219pp.
    A smartly bound biographical study of English scholar Elizabeth Smith, very scarce to see in the first edition.
    By Elizabeth Smith; Henrietta Maria Bowdler [ed.]

    1808 Fragments, in Prose and Verse: By A Young Lady, Lately Deceased.

    Bath   Richard Cruttwell
    7" by 5" viii, 219pp.
    A smartly bound biographical study of English scholar Elizabeth Smith, very scarce to see in the first edition.
    £265.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 978Q22
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

    The first edition.

    Very scarce to see in this edition, with subsequent editions published the same year.

    Bound in quarter calf.

    Retaining the half title and blanks.

    Edited by Henrietta Maria Bowdler, this is a charming study of the life of Elizabeth Smith, an English Oriental and Biblical scholar and writer, known for translating works from a number of languages, including Hebrew and Arabic.

    Bowdler includes a biography of Smith, alongside numerous examples of her poetry, prose and correspondences.

    Condition

    Bound in quarter calf. Externally, very good, with rubbing to boards extremities and green and black pen marks to boards. Endpapers renewed and blanks and half title retained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with light scattered spotting.

    Very Good

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