Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of His Correspondence.

HAZLITT, W. Carew. [William Hazlitt].

$550.00

Item Number: 124128

London: Richard Bentley, 1867.

First edition of W. Carew Hazlitt’s authoritative biography of his grandfather, great English critic and philosopher William Hazlitt. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition.

English essayist, critic, and philosopher William Hazlitt is widely considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. During his lifetime, Hazlitt befriended several of the most important 19th century authors including Charles and Mary Lamb, Stendhal, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats, his correspondence with which is here contained.