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London: Printed for G. & J. Robinson, 1804. First edition, with half-titles. xi, 320; 336; 314; 363; 298; 376 pp. Vols. 1-4, Printed by S. Hamilton, Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street. Vols. 5 & 6 "T. Davison, White-Friars.". 6 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary Irish marbled calf, with red morocco spines. Bookplate of Nicholas Browne (d. 1816), Mount Hazel (County Galway.) Fine, small irregularity on the upper cover of volume one. First edition, with half-titles. xi, 320; 336; 314; 363; 298; 376 pp. Vols. 1-4, Printed by S. Hamilton, Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street. Vols. 5 & 6 "T. Davison, White-Friars.". 6 vols. 8vo. A BEAUTY. First edition in an Irish binding of Sophia Lee's partly autobiographical epistolary novel. It was translated into French by Madame de Salaberry and published under the title Savinia Rivers, ou le danger d'aimer. Garside & Schowerling 1804, 38; Wolff 3998 (note)
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The Life of a Lover: in a Series of Letters
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The Life of a Lover: in a series of letters (in six volumes) vol.V.
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Lee, SophiaTHE LIFE OF A LOVER. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS.London: Printed for G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1804. 8vo. Vol.V (of 6): 298pp. Sophia Lee (1750-1824) was born of theatrical parents, and, as the oldest child, took care of her sisters when their mother died at an early age; her first work, a play, "The Chapter of Accidents," was staged at the Haymarket Theatre in 1780, "received with great applause" and was published the same year. With the proceeds she founded a school for young ladies "where she made a home for her sisters. The school became a success and occupied nearly all of Miss Lee's time" (DNB). By the turn of the century, Lee had published a novel, "The Recess," a long poem dealing with border warfare, "A Hermit's Tale," and another play, "Almeyd." Having secured an income, she gave up her school in 1803, and published this work a year later. "It is supposed to contain much personal history ... Lee was a woman of great conversational powers and an excellent instructress,…
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