Author: Richard Bloomfield
Title: The Banks of Wye; a Poem
Description: London, Printed for the Author; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this charming pastoral poem by labouring class poet Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further charming engraved plates. Collated, complete.A charming pastoral poem celebrating the Wye and its beautiful sceneries, providing an account of Bloomfield's walking tour taken in the footsteps of William Wordsworth's route.With the bookplate of Egerton Parker to a front blank. Rebacked, in a half calf binding with boards restored and back strip laid down. Marbled paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to pages facing plates, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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