Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

by Anna Williams

$4,000 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London: T. Davies, 1766. 4to, 4 , 184 pp. Title with woodcut fleuron; old waterstain to top forecorners of a few leaves at front. Handsome early or original half calf and marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt; slightly rubbed, a very good copy. § First edition of the only book by Anna Williams 1706-1783 , the blind poet and companion of Samuel Johnson. After her death Johnson wrote of her “ Her curiosity was universal, her knowledge was very

• Binding: Leather

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