Record ID
70281
Accession number
PMC 134
Creator
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Object title
Poems and songs by Alfred Tennyson. [No. 5-9] / set to music, and inscribed to Mrs Alfred Tennyson by Edward Lear.
Published
London : Cramer, Beale & Chappell, 1859.
Notes
No collective title page; at head of title on each title page: [name of song], No. [5-9] of.
Lithograph.
Possible first edition.
Each song has its own plate number; No. 5-9 have the plate numbers 6987, 6983, 6985, 6984, and 6986, respectively.
Inscriptions: Edward Lear, 20. May [or: May 20.] 1859--T.p., no. 5-8; Edward Lear. 1859. May 20--T.p., no. 9.
Lithograph.
Possible first edition.
Each song has its own plate number; No. 5-9 have the plate numbers 6987, 6983, 6985, 6984, and 6986, respectively.
Inscriptions: Edward Lear, 20. May [or: May 20.] 1859--T.p., no. 5-8; Edward Lear. 1859. May 20--T.p., no. 9.
Contents
No. 5. Home they brought her warrior dead -- No. 6. As through the land at eve we went -- No. 7. Come not, when I am dead -- No. 8. O let the solid ground not fail -- No. 9. The time draws near : In memoriam.
Associated names
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
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