Kensington
by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall.
Kensington: July 17, n.d. 8vo, 4 pp. Very good. § Interesting letter ‘in direful wrath’ about Dulau, who ‘owes me upwards of £50’, and concerned about Leighton’s ‘price for boarding’: ‘he asked 14, then 18, and then 17, and I stuck out for 16 free volumes. Shall it be so?’ He continues: "I rather anticipated your response to my proposals. I am indeed at this moment in a siruation to require all my energies, calmness, and fortitude. How do the knowing owner like the additional plates?
(Inventory #: 123842)