LEE, Harriet, & Sophia Lee

CANTERBURY TALES, vols. 1 & 2 (of 5) only

1799. Item #82275

LEE, Harriet (& Sophia Lee). CANTERBURY TALES. Volume the first
(the Second). The Second Edition. London: Printed for G.G. and J.
Robinson, 1799. The second edition of Volumes 1. and 2., in which
Harriet Lee was assisted by her sister Sophia, who authored the
second volume, and which first appeared in 1797-8. The final three
volumes did not appear until 1805. Octavo. xxiii,396 pp.;
[ii],564 pp. Disbound: Bookblocks are whole, with worn leather
backs. However, volume 1. lacks boards, and volume 2. has detached
boards. A 2 cm. strip has been removed at the top of the first two
leaves of volume 1. and from the top of the first text leaf in
volume 2. (presumably removing an ink ownership) but without loss
of text. Otherwise text leaves are clean. The Tales are a series
of twelve stories told by travellers accidentally thrown together.
We offer five tales in volumes 1. and 2.

Price: $100.00