Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Eighteenth-Century Familiar Letter.
by (MONTAGU, Mary Wortley). Lowenthal, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0820315451
- ISBN 13
- 9780820315454
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1994). First edition. Octavo, lavender cloth, pp. x, 261. Montagu was one of the most important women writers of the early eighteenth century. Includes some material on her experiences in Turkey. Fine in dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10638
- Title
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Eighteenth-Century Familiar Letter.
- Author
- (MONTAGU, Mary Wortley). Lowenthal, Cynthia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0820315451
- ISBN 13
- 9780820315454
- Publisher
- Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1994). First edition.
- Place of Publication
- Athens, Ga
- This edition first published
- 1994
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LETTERS HISTORY CRITICISM MONTAGU MARY WORTLEY LADY 1689 1762 AUTHORS CORRESPONDENCE LITERARY COLLECTIONS EUROPEAN IRISH SCOTTISH WELSH; COURTSHIP LETTERS; TURKEY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature (1660-1800);
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Tamworth, Ontario
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