A letter to the Editor of the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton
A letter to the Editor of the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton
8vo. f. [1] (blank), [2], pp. 55, [1] (blank), f. [1] (blank). Morocco. Tooled and gilded spine, gilt filets on inner boards, marbled endpapers. Bookplates of Laurence Currie and David Borowitz. One of 200 copies printed, with (as often) Walpole’s manuscript correction to p. 22. A reply to gratuitous comments on Horace Walpole’s treatment of Thomas Chatterton, made by the anonymous editor of the 1778 ‘Miscellanies,’ John Broughton (see Bib# 402107-4103367/Fr# 419 in this collection). See also ESTC, T38253.