Lewesdon hill considerably enlarged: With other Poems

CROWE, William

Verlag: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1804

Beschreibung

x, 115pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Later armorial bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to FEP, ink ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of FFEP, with a manuscript transcription of a poem by Crowe in his hand beneath. A revised edition of Church of England clergyman and fellow of New College, Oxford, William Crowe's (bap. 1745, d.1829) only collection of poetry. The title work, on Lewesdon Hill, west of Beaminster in Dorset, had first appeared anonymously (Oxford, 1787) and was much admired by Coleridge, Moore, Rogers and Wordsworth. This third edition was the first to be extended, and includes at least one poem composed in 1802. John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), nephew of the Romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, judge, and sometime editor of the Quarterly Review. Bernard John Seymour Coleridge, second Baron Coleridge (1851-1927), lawyer and Liberal politician, grandson of John Taylor Coleridge. Jackson p.279. Size: 12mo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ26013

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Lewesdon hill considerably enlarged: With ...

Verlag: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1804

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: Third edition.