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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language; in three volumes / by George Ellis.

Accession number
PML 130088-90
Creator
Ellis, George, 1753-1815.
Published
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. and W. Nicol ... and J. Wright ..., 1801.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Second edition.
Pagination: v. 1: xxii, [2], 406 p.; v. 2: [4], 361, [1] p. v. 3: [4], 436 p.
V. 1, p. [iii-iv] is a blank leaf; errata on leaf facing p. xxii.
Endpapers same as printing papers (watermark "1799").
Description
3 v. ; 19 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by George Granville, 2nd duke of Sutherland (signed "Strathnaver" on flyleaf, v. 1); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original calf, gold-tooled, armorial stamp (Duke of Sutherland).
Classification
Department