King Alfred, A Poem

FITCHETT (John)

Verlag: [printed by C. Whittngham for] William Pickering, 1841-, London, 1842

Beschreibung

Edited by Robert Roscoe. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Six volumes 8vo. [234 x 145 x 205 mm]. Bound in the original diaper grain green cloth, reproduction printed paper labels, untrimmed and ubopened edges. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies, but JP notes "almost impossible to find". With 16 pages of Pickering advertisements at the front of vol.1. A very good copy, inscribed "From the Editor". Acquired with the Roy Porter collection in 2002. The great work of Fitchett's life which occupied him for over 40 years and was printed at Warrington for private circulation between 1808 and 1834, in five quarto volumes. A partial revision was unfinished at his death in 1838, and Robert Roscoe added 2585 lines, making the entire work more than 131,000 lines long. "It must be one of the longest poems in the English language, and one of the shortest in merit" (JP). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ebc8413

Bibliografische Details

Titel: King Alfred, A Poem

Verlag: [printed by C. Whittngham for] William Pickering, 1841-, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1842

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good