Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828.

Price: $400.00


About the item

True First Edition and First American Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Scattered foxing throughout. Original printed yellow-coated boards, linen spine, uncut. Worn, much of spine torn-away, new endpapers. Livingston p. 157.

Item #8675

This is an unauthorized edition. The true “Second Series” was not published in England until 1833 under the title of “The Last Essays of Elia.” The editor of this present edition mistakenly included two essays by Bryan Waller Proctor and one by Allan Cunningham (Roff).