William Shenstone is remembered as a poet and innovative landscape gardener, but his letters and pensees which offer a unique insight into eighteenth century life are mostly forgotten. So is…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

William Shenstone, 18th-century poet and landscape architect, was also an important arbiter of English literary taste. Shenstone’s Miscellany was carefully chosen to illustrate his theories of poetry. It contains the…

Explore the fascinating world of aristocratic letter-writing with this collection of correspondences from the late Duchess of Somerset and her circle of friends. With insights into their personal lives, as…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

In Three Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we…