Thomson, Mrs A T [ Katherine ] — Celebrated Friendships Volume II [only]

James Hogg & Sons 1861 1st edition. Cloth, P. x+346pp, cloth very rubbed & worn with the top 2 inches of the spine missing, water staining to the bottom of both boards, text block a little yellowed but generally in good unmarked condition. A reading copy only. The friendships under scrutiny are those of - Sir Philip Sidney and Sir Fulk Grevil - Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lamb - Fénélon and Madame Guyon - Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Talbot - Henry St John, Lord Bolingbroke and Alexander Pope - David Garrick and Mrs Clive - Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland - Frances, Countess of Hertford and Henrietta Louisa, Countess of Pomfret.