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A lady of the last century (Miss Elizabeth Montagu): illustrated in her unpublished letters ...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.
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