Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, written when She was Eighty, to William Augustus Conway

by Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thrale

$150 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, publisher's advertisements on back. Spine and edges frayed, some light browning and soiling, mostly marginal, else a good copy of this unusual piece. Item #16921 When almost eighty Mrs. Piozzi apparently “took a great fancy to a handsome young actor, William Augustus Conway and it was reported that she proposed to marry him.” DNB These letters

• Binding: Wrappers

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