The Laurel. Fugitive Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century.
£40.00
Publisher
Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick.
Place
London
Date
1838
Item Description
12mo. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. [2] + xii + 368 pp. Bound in contemporary dark green leather, gilt, decorated by blind stamping and gilt blocks including spine and both boards. Inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some foxing of flyleaves, but otherwise a a very good copy. Decorated by title page vignette. 'This little volume containing a choice collection of some of the most beautiful lyrical Poetry which has appeared during the last thirty years is intended as a companion of the Lyre...' (note by editor). A compilation of poetry collected by Sarah Lawrence (1780-18590, from a distinguished nonconformist family, who with her sisters ran a Unitarian girls' school at Gateacre near Liverpool. First published 1830 as was The Lyre. Printed by Whittingham of Chiswick and in a handsome binding.
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