Poems. By Lady Manners.

Manners, [Catherine Rebecca].

Published by London: Printed for John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place; G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row; and B and J. White, Fleet Street, 1794.

About this Item

Lady Catherine Rebecca Manners (1776-1852) was the daughter of Francis Grey, and came from Lehena Co. Cork. In 1790, she married William Manners (later Talmash, Lord Huntingtower of Leicester). There are twenty-eight poems in the present work, including the poem by Mrs. Cowley; much of the poetry contained in Poems is in praise of Ireland. Octavo. .[6], 152 pp. Original blue boards with a plain paper spine, uncut and unopened. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Boards slightly soiled with a few small chips. Minor toning to spine. Very light foxing. A fine copy, clean and tight First octavo edition, following the two editions in quarto published in 1793, with an added poem "On Reading the Verses of Lady Manners, to Solitude" by Mrs. Cowley. Jackson's Romantic Poetry by Women, Manners I(b). Seller Inventory # 16315

Bibliographic Details

Title: Poems. By Lady Manners.

Publisher: London: Printed for John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place; G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row; and B and J. White, Fleet Street, 1794.

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition