British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

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An inn at Bristol: people having breakfast before taking the stage coach. Stipple print after E.V. Rippingille, 1824.

'A pitiful, ricketty, gasping, staggering, stuttering tomfool' : the mental afflictions of Charles and Mary Lamb / by Robert L. Pitfield.

The works of William Hogarth : reproduced from the original engravings in permanent photographs and newly described ; with an essay on the genius and character of Hogarth by C. Lamb.

Charles Lamb, in pipefuls / selected and arranged by Walter Lewin.

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The works of William Hogarth : reproduced from the original engravings in permanent photographs and newly described ; with an essay on the genius and character of Hogarth by C. Lamb.

Charles Lamb, in pipefuls / selected and arranged by Walter Lewin.