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The Paula Peyraud Collection
Bloomsbury Auctions announces The Paula Peyraud Collection, Samuel Johnson and Women Writers in Georgian Society with over 480 lots of books, manuscripts and paintings tells the fascinating story of English society in the middle and late Georgian periods. This extraordinary sale focuses on the artistic and literary women who came to the fore in the period 1750-1840.
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![[BURNEY, Charles, Jr. (1757-1817)]. Tentamen de M: [BURNEY, Charles, Jr. (1757-1817)]. Tentamen de Metris, ab Aeschylo, in Choricis Cantibus adhibitis. Cantabrigiae: typis ac sumptibus academicis. M.DCCC.IX. Veneunt Londini apud Payne: Wilkie et](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350410_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)



![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed "Frances Burney" to her sister Esther "Hetty" Burney.[Lynn Regis: July 1770]. 1ΒΌ pp., single tall sheet (380 x 230 mm). Bound in (though now](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350414_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph manuscript, a: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph manuscript, an adaptation of scenes from Arthur Murphy's comedy 'All in the Wrong'.N.p.: n.d. [c. 1779?]. 4pp., folded sheet (255 x 200 mm). The head of the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350415_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed with initials to Hester Lynch Thrale [Piozzi].Chessington: 16 November [1780? or 1781?]. 2pp., folded sheet with integral address leaf (225 x 180](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350416_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed with initials to Hester Lynch Thrale [Piozzi], written shortly after the death of Henry Thrale.[London]: "Tuesday" [but 17 April 1781]. 3pp.,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350417_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed with initials to Hester Lynch Thrale, regarding her travel plans and mentioning Dr. Johnson.[London]: 20 July [1781]. 1p., single sheet (230 x 185](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350418_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed with initials to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, concerning her progress on Cecilia.[London: March or April 1782]. 3pp., folded sheet (190 x 120 mm).](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350419_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed: BURNEY, Fanny (1752-1840). Autograph letter signed with intials to Dr. Charles Burney, concerning Dr. Johnson's reaction to 'Cecilia'.[London]: 13 July 1782. 2pp., single sheet (260 x 200 mm). The](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/18736/6350420_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
