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ELIZABETH [TONNA], Charlotte.

The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth. With an Introduction by H. B. Stowe.

Rare complete set of the works of Charlotte Elizabeth; in the publisher's original full deluxe morocco

New York: Published by M. W. Dodd, 1849.

$850.00
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Seventh edition of the complete works of English Victorian writer and suffragette Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's full deluxe morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. Volume I contains an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe, followed by Charlotte Elizabeth's Personal Recollections, of which Stowe wrote, "We know of no piece of autobiography in the English language which can compare with this in richness of feeling and description and power of exciting interest." In very good condition. Gift inscription to the each volume, "To Nellie Gamble from her Aunt Mary." Uncommon.
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846) was a popular Victorian English writer and novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Charlotte Elizabeth. She was "a woman of strong mind, powerful feeling, and of no inconsiderable share of tact." Her work focused on promoting women's rights and evangelical Protestantism.
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