BIB_ID
137718
Accession number
MA 414
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
[ca. 1795-1797].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (164 leaves) ; 20.5 cm
Notes
According to the Bibliography of English Literature, Volume III, 1800-1900, edited by F.W. Bateson and first published by the Cambridge University Press in 1940, Southey's first collection of "Poems" was published as Volume 1 in 1797 and was described as "Second Edition, being partly made up from 'Poems, 1795." It appears that the revisions and the accompanying detailed instructions for a reprinting relate to the Third Edition published by Biggs and Cottle in 1799.
Date of writing based on watermark and on accompanying letter (docketed 1797).
Watermark: some leaves watermarked 1795 (see p. 100).
Date of writing based on watermark and on accompanying letter (docketed 1797).
Watermark: some leaves watermarked 1795 (see p. 100).
Provenance
From the estate of Joseph Cottle; sold in 1865 by the London bookseller F. S. Ellis to Robert H. Johnston; acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Written on the rectos of 164 leaves with some corrections, revisions and additions on 21 versos; the Preface is signed with Southey's initials.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (22.5 cm).
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