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LAMB, Charles. John Woodvil A Tragedy ... to which are added,
Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, London, T. Plummer for G. and J. Robinson, 1802, 8°, FIRST EDITION, inscribed on title: "To Miss Catherine Hutton from Fanny Holcroft," original pink boards (lightly soiled, spine slightly chipped at head and foot, boxed. [Ashley 3:40]
Provenance: Catherine Hutton (1756-1846): miscellaneous writer, and the daughter of William Hutton (local historian and topographer);
Fanny Holcroft (d. 1844): also a novelist, was the daughter of Thomas Holcroft, the radical novelist.
Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, London, T. Plummer for G. and J. Robinson, 1802, 8°, FIRST EDITION, inscribed on title: "To Miss Catherine Hutton from Fanny Holcroft," original pink boards (lightly soiled, spine slightly chipped at head and foot, boxed. [Ashley 3:40]
Provenance: Catherine Hutton (1756-1846): miscellaneous writer, and the daughter of William Hutton (local historian and topographer);
Fanny Holcroft (d. 1844): also a novelist, was the daughter of Thomas Holcroft, the radical novelist.