London. John Rivington Jun. 1780. pp. (iv), 47, (iii), 336. 8vo. Full calf, spine with gilt decoration. Front hinge cracked but strings holding. A New Edition. The 47 pages between the title and Content leaf and the first work by Mrs Talbot, Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week, is Benjamin Kennicott. The Sabbath. A Sermon Preached in His Majesty's Chapel, Whitehall, and before The University of Oxford. Oxford. at the Theatre. 1781. The title page of this work has several holes in it not affecting the text. ESTC T53369 Mrs Talbot. The Works. ESTC T98188. Shattock. Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. p. 416. 1721 - 1770. A blue stocking who 'Despite the encouragement of her friends , ... did not publish in her lifetime, ... apart from one paper in Dr Johnson's Rambler (no. 30, June 1750).'
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