DRAMAS, TRANSLATIONS, AND OCCASIONAL POEMS.
London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Lady Dacre was one of the most accomplished and intellectual women of her time. In addition to her writing, she sculpted, rode, was proficient in both French and Italian, and maintained an extensive correspondence with a circle of other literary women, including Joanna Baillie, Mary Russell Mitford, and Catherine Maria Fanshawe. This privately printed collection of her work includes four dramas: Gonzalvo of Cordova, Pedarias, Ina, and Xarifa, as well as several translations of the sonnets of Petrarch. Octavo, two volumes: ix, [1, blank], 249, [1, blank] pp. + vi, 269, [3] pp. with errata slip tipped in at the end of the second volume. In full red calf bindings by Zaehnsdorf, with green morocco spine labels, gilt-stamped titling, borders, and ornamentation, blind-stamped dentelles, and marbled endpapers and edges. Just a hint of foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves, with an ink gift inscription dated 1865 from one Eton student to another on the prefatory blank leaf in the first volume. Some mild scuffing and wear to the leather; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #79658
Price: $400.00