Charles Lamb
In Four Volumes
1860
Four Hardcovers.
Charles Lamb was at the center of a major literary circle in England, and was a friend of such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Robert Southey , William Wordsworth , and artist & writer William Hazlitt.
A Complete Set
Essays of Elia , a collection of essays , first published in book form in 1823.
Last Essays Of Elia
Still more of Lamb's essays.
Popular Fallacies
40+ pages on sixteen " popular fallacies ," including :
Volume IV. includes :
Written in the final years of the 18th century, Rosamund Gray is a novella which tells the story of a young girl whose character is thought to be based on Ann Simmons, an early love interest. The story was well thought of by Lamb's contemporaries and led Percey Bysshe Shelley to observe, "what a lovely thing is Rosamund Gray! How much knowledge of the sweetest part of our nature in it! "
Essays & Letters
Several Essays & Letters on several subjects, including Chirst's Hospital , the Tragedies of William Shakespeare , Writers contemporary with William Shakespeare , the Genius & Character of William Hogarth ( 1697 - 1764 ), Burial Societies & The Character of an Undertaker , " The Inconveniences of Being Hanged ," Melancholy Tailors , Excessive Appetite , etc.
Poems
About 150 pages of poetical works by Charles Lamb, and also by Mary Lamb, his sister.
** Good Condition **
The bindings are good.
The Works
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A New Edition
Published By Crosby , Nichols , Lee And Company
Boston ( Massachusetts )
Half Leather Bindings.
Leather Spine & Corners.
Gilt Spine Decoration.
Applied Spine Labels.
Marbled Boards.
Marbled Page Edges.
Marbled Endpapers.
5.25" x 7.5"
Vol. I. 422 Pages.
Vol. II. 429 Pages.
Vol. III. 466 Pages.
Vol. IV. 444 Pages.
1,761 Pages in total.
160 Years Old
The Works of Charles Lamb ( 1775-1834 ), English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb.
Lamb's principal biographer ( E. V. Lucas ) referred to him as " the most lovable figure in English literature ".
Both Charles and his sister Mary suffered a period of mental illness. As he himself confessed in a letter, Charles spent six weeks in a mental facility during 1795.
In 1796 Lamb’s sister, Mary, in a fit of madness killed their mother. Lamb reacted with courage and loyalty, taking on himself the burden of looking after Mary.
Christianity played an important role in Lamb's personal life. Although he was not a churchman he "sought consolation in religion," as shown in letters he wrote to Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Bernard Barton.
Nearly two hundred years after his death, a small but loyal folowing for Lamb's works endures.
Volume I. includes a Biography and Lamb's Correspondence ; with his letters to Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Robert Southey , William Wordsworth , Bernard Barton , and others.
Volume II. continues & concludes the Biography & Correspondence
Volume III. includes :
Elia
The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. Lamb's essays were very popular and were printed in many subsequent editions throughout the nineteenth century. The personal and conversational tone of the essays has charmed many readers; the essays "established Lamb in the title he now holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists."
A Bully is always a Coward
Ill-gotten Gain never Prospers
A Man must not Laugh at his own Jest
Enough is as Good as a Feast
Of Two Disputants, the Warmest is Generally in the Wrong
The Worst Puns are the Best
Handsome is that Handsome does
We must not look a Gift-horse in the Mouth
You must Love Me, and Love my Dog
etc.
Rosamund Gray
Includes Queen Oriana's Dream , A Ballad Noting The Difference Of Rich and Poor , A Farewell To Tobacco , Lines Suggested By A Picture By Leonardo Da Vinci , The Witch being a Dramatic Sketch Of The 17th Century , Angel Help , To A Young Friend On Her 21st Birthday , The Self Enchanted , Epitaph on a Dog , Newton's Principia , The Housekeeper , The Rival Bells , etc., etc.
Rubbing to the leather, some general binding wear.
All covers remain well attached.
A couple of the spine labels have some chipping.
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All hinges are tight.
No writing.
No markings.
The pages are clean and in very good condition.
The bindings recently treated with Bookbinder's Leather Preservative-Restorer to replenish essential oils and help preserve the old leather.
Carefully Packed for Shipment to the Buyer.
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