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Beddoes, Thomas Lovell
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- The improvisatore, in three fyttes, with other poems. Oxford: J. Vincent; and G. and B. Whittaker (London), 1821.
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (172 x 102 mm). Contemporary dark brown straight-grained morocco, decorated in blind and gilt, a.e.g.; very slight rubbing.
first edition of the author's first book, a strong association copy. Signed on the front pastedown by Maria Edgworth, the author's aunt. Suppressed by the author with apparent success as no copy has been at auction since the present copy's last appearance in the H. Bradley Martin sale in 1990.
first edition of the author's first book, a strong association copy. Signed on the front pastedown by Maria Edgworth, the author's aunt. Suppressed by the author with apparent success as no copy has been at auction since the present copy's last appearance in the H. Bradley Martin sale in 1990.
Provenance
Michael Sadleir (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate, his sale 30 April, 1990, lot 2613)
Literature
Ashley I, p. 28; Hayward 237