The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on several subjects. To which are prefixed a memoir of the author, William Melmoth, Esq

London: Lackington, Allen and Co. [et al] / S. Hamilton, 1814. Very Good-. London: Printed for Lacking, Allen, and Co. [ et al]. Printed by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1814. Fourteenth Edition. Octavo (21cm.); contemporary gilt- and blind-tooled calf, all edges marbled; xxvii,[1],427pp. Spine somewhat crudely rebacked and laid down with small losses at spine ends, leather rather scuffed and a bit dried, endpapers foxed, else a Good to Very Good example in an attractive contemporary binding. Contemporary armorial ex libris of a Thomas B. Chinn, Lichfield, to front pastedown.

Highly popular fictionalized letters of English author William Melmoth (ca. 1710-1799). First published in 1748, the Letters went through ten editions in the author's lifetime and cover the author's thoughts on retirement, friendship, and rhetoric.