WOLLSTONECRAFT. MARY. LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND DENMARK. 

J. Johnson. London. 1796

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.4 inches). [4], 262, [4], [2] pp.  Complete as issued, with the listing of Wollstonecraft’s book in the back (her first bibliography). A little spotting to some pages but generally a very good copy in contemporary full brown calf, re-backed with the original calf spine, ruled in gilt, laid down and a new red title label, gilt. A very good copy of Wollstonecraft’s eloquent observations on Scandinavian people and places in the late eighteenth century.  

Offered by Paul Foster Books

$1,920.00

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