Author: LAMB, CHARLES.
Title: The Last Essays of Elia. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and Illustrations by Charles E. Brock.
Description: Demy 12mo; pp. xii, 254, (1); illustrated endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece, text illustrated with numerous other plates and vignettes, bound in original quarter brown cloth with rose cloth boards, boards a little worn, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration on front board, top edge gilt others uncut, name on front endpaper, good copy. London; J. M. Dent & Co.; 1902. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist and poet, best known for his Essays of Elia. The collection of essays was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833, they had originally appeared in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. Lamb uses the pseudonym Elia so that he can put his full wit and intellect to work on a variety of topics both humorous and reflective.

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