WOMEN, MORALITY AND ADVICE LITERATURE
Manuscripts and Rare Printed Works of Hannah More (1745-1833) and her Circle from the Clark Library, Los Angeles

Part 3: Writings by Eminent Blue Stockings

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1758 Carter, Elizabeth
All the works of Epictetus
London.  S Richardson.  First edition.

1762 Carter, Elizabeth
Poems on several occasions.
London.  John Rivington.  First edition.

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1808 [Carter, Elizabeth]  Pennington, Montagu, editor
Memoirs of the life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter
London. F C and J Rivington.  2 vols.  Second edition.

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1809 [Carter, Elizabeth]
A series of letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot,
from the year 1741 to 1770.
London.  F C and J Rivington.  4 vols in two.  First edition.

Hester Chapone

1775 Chapone, Hester
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
London.  E & C Dilly, and J Walter.  First edition.

1777 [Chapone, Hester]
A letter to a new-married lady.
London.  E & C Dilly, and J Walter.  First edition.

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1787 Chapone, Hester
Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady.
London.  J Walter & C Dilly.  2 vols.  A new edition.

1808 [Chapone, Hester]
The posthumous works of Mrs Chapone.
London.  John Murray.  Second edition.

Elizabeth Montagu

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1777 Montagu, Elizabeth.
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets.
London.  Edward and Charles Dilly.  Fourth edition.

1777 [Montagu, Elizabeth]
Letter from Monsieur Desenfans to Mrs Montagu.  Translated by Mrs Griffith.
London.  T Cadell.  First edition.

1809-[Montagu, Elizabeth]
1813 The letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, with some of the letters of her correspondents.
London.  T Cadell & W Davies.  4 vols.  First edition.  Vols 1 & 2.

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1809-[Montagu, Elizabeth] - continued
1813 The letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, with some of the letters of her correspondents.
London.  T Cadell & W Davies.  4 vols.  Vols 3 & 4.

1873 [Montagu, Elizabeth]
A lady of the last century (Miss Elizabeth Montagu):  illustrated in her unpublished letters ...
London.  Richard Bentley & Son.  First edition.

Catherine Talbot

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1772 [Talbot, Catherine] 
Essays on various subjects.  [Bound with] Reflections on the seven days of the week.
London.  John and Francis Rivington.  First edition of first title, seventh edition of second title.  3 vols in one.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, nee Aikin

1773 [Barbauld Anna Laetitia]   Aikin, J and A L. 
Miscellaneous pieces, in prose.
London.  J Johnson.  First edition.

1775 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
Devotional pieces, compiled from the Psalms and the Book of Job: to which are prefixed, thoughts on the devotional taste, on sects, and on establishments.
London.  J Johnson.  First edition.

1790 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
An address to the opposers of the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts.
London.  J Johnson.  First edition.

1821 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
Hymns in prose for children.  By the author of Lessons for Children.
London.  Baldwin, Cradock & Jay. Twenty-second edition.

nd [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]  Elliot, Mary Belson
[1840’s] Poetic gift:  containing Mrs Barbauld’s Hymns, in verse.
New Haven.  S Babcock.

1877 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]  Murch, Jerom
Mrs Barbauld and her contemporaries; sketches of some eminent literary and scientific Englishwomen.
London.  Longmans, Green & Co.  First edition.

1874 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]  Le Breton, Anna Laetitia.
Memoir of Mrs Barbauld, including letters and notices of her family and friends.
London.  George Bell & Sons.  First edition.

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1792 [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
Remarks on Mr Gilbert Wakefield’s enquiry into the expediency and propriety of public and social worship.
London.  J Johnson.  First edition.

nd [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
[1840’s] Evenings at home:  or, the juvenile budget opened:  consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons.
Philadelphia.  James Kay Junior & Brother.  2 vols in one.

1864 [Aikin, Lucy]  Le Breton, Philip Hemery.
Memoirs, miscellanies and letters of the late Lucy Aikin.
London.  First edition.

Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi

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1788 Piozzi, Hester Lynch
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL D, to which are added some poems never before printed.
London.  A Strahan and T Cadell.  2 vols.  First edition.

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1789 Piozzi, Hester Lynch
Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy and Germany.
London.  A Strahan and T Cadell.  2 vols.  First edition.

1843 [Piozzi, Hester Lynch]
Love letters of Mrs Piozzi, written when she was eighty, to William Augustus Conway.
London.  John Russell Smith.  First edition.

nd [Piozzi, Hester Lynch]
[1890] Mrs Thrale, afterwards Mrs Piozzi.  A sketch of her life and passages from her diaries, letters and other writings.  Editor L B Seeley, M A.
New York. Charles Scribner’s Sons.  First edition.

Bluestockings – associated works

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1904 A later Pepys.  The correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart, Master in Chancery 1758-1825, with Mrs Chapone, Mrs Hartley, Mrs Montagu, Hannah More, William Franks, Sir James Macdonald, Major Rennell, Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, and others.           
Editor Alice C C Gaussen.
London & New York.  John Lane.  2 vols.  First edition.

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1850 Kendrick, Miss M and Child, Mrs L M
The gift book of biography for young ladies.
London.  Thomas Nelson.  First edition.  Contains biographies of Hannah More and Elizabeth Carter.

nd Bethune, Geo W
The British female poets:  with biographical and critical notices.
New York.  R Worthington.  Later reprint contains material on Hannah More, Elizabeth Carter, Mrs Thrale, and Mrs Barbauld.

nd Dickes, W, illustrator
(1890?) Women of worth.  A book for girls.
London.  J S Virtue & Co.  First edition.  Contains sketches on Mrs Barbauld and Hannah More. 

Miscellaneous large items including: portraits of Hannah More, and maps.