Accession number
PML 6073
Published
Boston : Thayer and Eldridge, 1860.
Credit line
Purchased with the Laurens Maynard collection.
Notes
"Thayer & Eldridge, publishing house, 116 Washington St. To the public.--In putting before you our new and superbly printed electrotype edition of ... the 'Leaves of grass,' we offer the accompanying brochure as a circular to all persons disposed to commence the study of the poems. We supply it gratuitously. ..."--Cover.
Reprint of contemporary criticisms of the first and second editions of the Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman published in June 1860 as an advertisement for the Boston edition. The articles on p. 7-13, 30-32, and 38-41 are ascribed to Whitman by Dr. Maurice Bucke. Cf. Wells, C. A concise bibliography of Walt Whitman, 1922, p. 6-7.
Reprint of contemporary criticisms of the first and second editions of the Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman published in June 1860 as an advertisement for the Boston edition. The articles on p. 7-13, 30-32, and 38-41 are ascribed to Whitman by Dr. Maurice Bucke. Cf. Wells, C. A concise bibliography of Walt Whitman, 1922, p. 6-7.
Description
64 p. ; 16 cm
Provenance
Laurens Maynard; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Wappers.
Classification
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