Original letters of Sir John Falstaff [pseud.] and his friends; now first made public by a gentleman, a descendant of Dame Quickly, from genuine manuscripts which have been in the possession of the Quickly family near four hundred years.

Accession number

PML 34629

Creator

White, James, 1775-1820.

Published

London : Printed for the author, and published by G. G. and J. Robinsons, J. Debrett and Murray and Highley, 1796.

Notes

"It is possible that Lamb had a hand in the composition of this book".--cf. L. S. Livingston. A bibliography of the first editions...of Charles and Mary Lamb. 1903. p. 16-20.
By James White, formerly thought to have been written by him in collaboration with Charles Lamb.

Description

xxiv, 123 p. : front. ; 17 cm

Provenance

From Greta Hall, Keswick, with the bookplate of Robert Southey on the inner lower cover; autograph signature of Charles Lamb on inner upper cover.

Binding

Original marbled paper boards in red morocco case.

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Original letters of Sir John Falstaff [pseud.] and his friends; now first made public by a gentleman, a descendant of Dame Quickly, from genuine manuscripts which have been in the possession of the Quickly family near four hundred years.