A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.

A young woman at home receiving a message from an old woman who is visiting her. Lithograph by Fr. Hanfstaengl, 1838, after F. van Mieris.

A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.

An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

Letters of Abelard and Heloise . To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes: extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French by the late John Hughes Esq.

Letters of Abelard and Heloise . To which is prefixed a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes. By the late John Hughes, Esq. To which are now added, the poems of Eloisa to Abelard. By Mr. Pope. And Abelard to Eloisa, by Mrs. Madan.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 67.1 x 49.2 cm

Love-Letters on all occasions lately passed between persons of distinction. Collected by Mrs. Eliza Haywood

Letters of Abelard and Eloisa . With a particular Account of their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes. By John Hughes, Esq. To which are added, several poems, By Mr. Pope, and other Authors.

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Letters of Abelard and Heloise . To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes: extracted chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French by the late John Hughes Esq.

Letters of Abelard and Heloise . To which is prefixed a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes. By the late John Hughes, Esq. To which are now added, the poems of Eloisa to Abelard. By Mr. Pope. And Abelard to Eloisa, by Mrs. Madan.

An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

Love-Letters on all occasions lately passed between persons of distinction. Collected by Mrs. Eliza Haywood

Letters of Abelard and Eloisa . With a particular Account of their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes. By John Hughes, Esq. To which are added, several poems, By Mr. Pope, and other Authors.