Tan leather binding with black title plate, raised banding and gilt title on the spine. All edges marbled.

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The short set FIRST EDITION produced by father John Nichols

A nice short set of John Nichols’s fascinating and essential historical document looking into the history and anecdotes of literature in the eighteenth century. Illustrated. The Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons, which was begun in 1817 and completed by his son John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863) in 1858. The Anecdotes and the Illustrations are mines of valuable information on the authors, printers and booksellers of the time. John Nichols (2 February 1745 – 26 November 1826) was an English printer, author,
and antiquary. He is remembered as an influential editor of the Gentleman’s Magazine for nearly 40 years; author of a monumental county history of Leicestershire; author of two compendia of biographical material relating to his literary contemporaries; and as one of the agents behind the first complete publication of Domesday Book in 1783.