first edition
1807 · London
by Hunt, Leigh
London: Printed by and for John Hunt, at the Office of the News, 1807. First edition. First edition. Excessively scarce original olive boards with paper label on spine reading, "Critical Essays on the Performers of the Theatres. Price 8/." Verso of half title has "Advertisement" that the author would henceforth write exclusively for the "Examiner." Apart from "Juvenilia," Leigh Hunt's earliest principal work. Paper worn away at spine, but a remarkable survival with 99% of paper in tact, some thumbing internally, but near fine.
(Inventory #: 3717)