Poems, and a Tragedy
by MICKLE, WILLIAM JULIUS
- Used
- Condition
- Edges a little rubbed; some light to moderate foxing; very good copy.
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed by A. Paris, for J. Egerton, W. Richardson, and Fletcher and Hanwell, Oxford, 1794, 1794. First edition. NCBEL II, 674; ESTC T43580, which describes two issues, one with a dated title-page and one without. Edges a little rubbed; some light to moderate foxing; very good copy.. 4to, later catspaw calf, red morocco spine labels, gilt decorations and lettering. Frontis portrait. Seven-page list of subscribers. With half-title. The selected works of William Julius Mickle (1734-88), Scottish poet, translator and miscellaneous author, published by subscription for the benefit of his son. The works are preceded by a memoir of Mickle, which is interspersed with correspondence between Mickle and George Lyttleton. See the ODNB. Ink inscription dated 1946 on the front blank.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27198
- Title
- Poems, and a Tragedy
- Author
- MICKLE, WILLIAM JULIUS
- Format/Binding
- NCBEL II, 674; ESTC T43580, which describes two issues, one with a dated title-page and one without
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges a little rubbed; some light to moderate foxing; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- London: Printed by A. Paris, for J. Egerton, W. Richardson, and Fletcher and Hanwell, Oxford, 1794
- Date Published
- 1794
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