Letters from the late Most Reverend Dr. Thomas Herring, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, to William Duncombe, Esq; deceased, from the year 1728 to 1757. With Notes and an Appendix

Book Description

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1777. xv, [i], 355, [1]pp., sm. 8vo. Last leaf slightly spotted. Contemporary calf, spine gilt; very worn but the sewing cords firm. First edition of a fine literary correspondence, with much on Alexander Pope including his “odd perplexity,”, Bolingbroke’s philosophy, the “peculiar beauty” of certain kinds of printing, “the King of Prussia’s Anti-Machiavel,” and various minor poets.

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