Miscellanies in Prose and Verse,

by Mrs. Chapone, Author of Letters

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

New Third? Edition , preceded by editions of 1775 and 1777. 216 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, uncut. Fine. Item #244332 Hester Chapone was member of Lady Montagu's bluestocking circle and the author of a book of advice to young ladies LETTERS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND , singled out by Mary Wollstonecraft as one of the few examples of the genre worthy of praise.

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