Author:
John Gregory [Gregorie(1724-1773), Scottish physician and writer [George, Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773), English statesman and co-author with Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), 'Queen of the Bluestockings']
4to, 2 pp. Bifolium. Eighteen lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Having been presented with a copy of the first volumes of Lyttelton's 'History of the Life of Henry the Second', he has 'read the first Edition with the greatest Pleasure'. He praises the way in which Lyttelton is 'conducting the Narration with the Dignity so peculiarly necessary in that Species of Composition', as well as the 'Classical Elegance of Stile [sic]'. After more praise states 'Mrs Montagu's inoculation was an attempt worthy her Spirit & good Sense.
