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Biography of the actress and, briefly, the mistress of George, Prince of Wales, Anna Maria Crouch.  Published in the year after her unrtimely death (thought to have been the result of a carriage accident).”… Sweet bird, that shun’st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Anna rejoic’d to hear thee sing On the hawthorn’s bough last spring! Now–Ah! leave its vernal bloom, And mourn, sweet bird, o’er Anna’s tomb!”.  No covers, original label, faded, to spine.  Two volumes, bound as one 284pp, 328pp, no portrait. Tightly bound. A Good copy of a scarce Georgean item.