HAZLITT, William. Lectures on The English Poets, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8°, FIRST EDITION, later cloth; Lectures on the English Comic Writers, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards rebacked in calf, bookplate of Charles Whibley; Lectures chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, London: Stodart and Steuart, 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION, three-quarter brown levant morocco by Worsfold for H. Sotheran, spine gilt in art nouveau style with tulip motifs, uncut, t.e.g. [Keynes 33; 44; 51] (3)

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HAZLITT, William. Lectures on The English Poets, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8°, FIRST EDITION, later cloth; Lectures on the English Comic Writers, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards rebacked in calf, bookplate of Charles Whibley; Lectures chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, London: Stodart and Steuart, 1820, 8°, FIRST EDITION, three-quarter brown levant morocco by Worsfold for H. Sotheran, spine gilt in art nouveau style with tulip motifs, uncut, t.e.g. [Keynes 33; 44; 51] (3)

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These three courses of lectures are regarded as the best of Hazlitt's critical works.

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