PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. LEO S. BING
SEWARD, Anna (1747-1809). Monody of Major Andrè. By Miss Seward (Author of the Elegy on Capt. Cook). To Which are Added Letters Addressed to Her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769. Lichfield: Printed and Sold by J. Jackson for the Author, 1781.
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SEWARD, Anna (1747-1809). Monody of Major Andrè. By Miss Seward (Author of the Elegy on Capt. Cook). To Which are Added Letters Addressed to Her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769. Lichfield: Printed and Sold by J. Jackson for the Author, 1781.
4o (255 x 201 mm). Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).
Second edition. Seward, a popular figure in the Romantic Period, was a favorite of Dr. Johnson. After her family moved to Lichfield, she became friends with Erasmus Darwin who credited her with inventing a poetic form, the epic elegy.
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Second edition. Seward, a popular figure in the Romantic Period, was a favorite of Dr. Johnson. After her family moved to Lichfield, she became friends with Erasmus Darwin who credited her with inventing a poetic form, the epic elegy.