Author:
Fanny Burney [ Francis Burney; Madame D'Arblay ] (1752-1840), novelist and diarist [ Rev. Charles Parr Burney (1785-1864) ]
Publication details:
Postmarked 'PICCADILLY' with date 5 August 1837.
1p., 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border (her son Alexander had died on 17 January). Aged and worn, with short closed tears along fold lines, and remains of tissue mount along gutter. Written three years before her death, in a crabbed and difficult hand. Unsigned, as was usually the case with her letters to her family. Addressed, with two postmarks, on reverse of second leaf to 'Dr. C. P. Burney | Greenwich'.
