Eloisa en dishabille: being a new version of that lady's celebrated epistle to Abelard

by John Matthews

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed in the year W. Hughes, printer , 1822. First edition, only 50 copies printed; slim 8vo, 3 p.l., 1 , 7-25, 7-25, 26-27, 1 p.; slightly later morocco-backed boards, gilt lettering direct on spine; very good and sound. A parody on Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard , with the text of the original poem. The parody and the original poem are printed on opposite pages. Although attributed to Richard Porson, this parody of Alexander Pope's Eloisa

• Binding: Leather

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