Item #044860 Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter. Chatterton. Thomas, Thomas Tyrwhitt.
Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter
Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter
Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter

Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter

London: T. Payne, 1777.

First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #044860
ISBN: NoISBN

Rebound in half morocco by J.W. Meyer. First edition, c4 cancelled and in the second state, extra engraved title lacking, scattered mostly minor foxing, quite clean otherwise and with the errata at the rear. xxvii, 307pp with one engraved specimen plate. Bound with Tyrwhitt's Vindication. vii, 223pp, also a bit foxed but otherwise clean.

Though a hoax, and possibly intended to be an obvious one, Chatterton's poems were revered, then reviled, then revered again by a number of the Romantic poets. Tyrwhitt's Vindication, here in the first edition, is quite scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 044860.

Price: $750.00

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