Four-page autograph essay concerning the importance of the belles lettres

by William Sheldon

$950 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Providence: January 25, 1812. Bifolium approx. 13½ x 7½ , in ink and legible; paper toned, expert paper repair to two sections where the paper separated at folds with no loss of text. Approx. 1000 words. An apparently unpublished essay on the belles lettres, probably intended for inclusion the Providence Gazette. Sheldon writes: The classification of works of Literature is comparatively of modern invention; and it was not till later ages

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