HAZLITT, William (1778-1830). [A collection of works]. London or Edinburgh: 1816-1850.

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HAZLITT, William (1778-1830). [A collection of works]. London or Edinburgh: 1816-1850.

13 works in 17 volumes, 12, and 8. Uniformly bound in later calf gilt by Bedford, red and green morocco lettering-pieces, t.e.g.
Provenance: Frederic Hartman (book-label).

The collection (including one work not by Hazlitt), are all 8 and first editions (except when stated otherwise) and comprise:
1. Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcraft. London: 1816. 3 volumes, 12. Keynes 9: "only a small edition of the book can have been printed, so that it is now correspondingly scarce".
2. Round Table: a collection of essays. Edinburgh & London: 1817. 2 volumes, 12. Keynes 13.
3. A View of the English Stage. London: 1818. Keynes 28.
4. A View of the English Stage. London: 1821. Second edition. Keynes 29; bound with; [Anonymous]. Dramatic Scorpion, A satire. London: 1818. 2 works in one volume.
5. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. London: 1819. Keynes 44.
6. Lectures chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth. London: 1820.
7. Select Poets of Great Britain. Edited by Hazlitt. London: 1825. 8. The Plain Speaker. London: 1826. 2 vols. Keynes 51.
9. Notes of a Journey through France and Italy. London: 1826. Keynes 93.
10.Conversations of James Northcote. London: 1830. ?First edition (variant title page). Keynes 99.
11.Literary Remains London: 1836. 2 vols. Keynes 102.
12. Winterslow: Essays and Characters written there. London: 1850. Keynes 111.
[With:] five other volumes, by Hazlitt, 8, in various bindings (Table-talk. London: 1821-1822. 2 volumes; Political Essays. London: 1819; Lectures on the English Poets. London: 1818; The Spirit of the Age. London: 1825).
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Please note that the uniformly bound collection of Hazlitt's works contains 13 works in 18 volumes, and not 17 as stated in the catalogue.

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