Author: Bowdler, Miss [Jane. 1743 - 1784]
Title: POEMS And ESSAYS, By the Late Miss Bowdler.; Published for the Benefit of the General Hospital at Bath
Description: Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1797. The Ninth Edition [stated]. Period tan full diced calf binding. Pale yellow edgestain. vi, [2], Printer ornament to t.p. and last page. Headpiece, p. 1. 8vo. Some extremity wear to binding, with joints starting. An About VG copy. "Jane was the eldest daughter of Thomas Bowdler of Bath, Somerset (1706–1785) and his wife Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler, née Cotton (died 1797), a religious writer. Jane was the sister of John Bowdler the Elder (1746–1823), a religious pamphleteer, and Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), who is remembered for publishing expurgated editions of Shakespeare, edited largely by his sister Harriet, and of other works. Jane Bowdler took to writing when she lost her voice for a period of four years in about 1777. She had suffered from intermittent ill health since contracting smallpox in 1759. Jane's Poems and Essays by a Lady Lately Deceased was published by her family for charity in 1786 and reprinted 16 times up to 1830. A special edition was printed in 1797 in line with her mother's will, and distributed to friends instead of a mourning ring. Among the book's many advocates was Queen Charlotte, who read it three times." [Wiki].

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