The Works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Including Her Correspondence, Poems and Essays

London: for Richard Phillips, 1803. First Edition. Small Octavo. In five volumes, portrait frontispiece and several folding facsimile letters, volume five contains an index to all volumes. Among other things, Montague was responsible for the introduction of the Turkish inoculation to smallpox into Western medicine, of which she was herself afflicted. Bound in contemporary 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, flat spine lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, green ribbon markers. Contemporary owner's armorial bookplate of Charles Benjamin Caldwell, New Grange, Co. Meath. A lovely set, internally clean and bright. (Inventory #: 025541)