Author: Robert Bloomfield
Title: The Banks of Wye; a Poem
Description: London, For the Author; Vernor, Hood et al; Longman, Hurst, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of labouring class poet Robert Bloomfield's charming pastoral poem, illustrated with plates. The first edition of this work.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.Rebacked, with endpapers renewed.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.A smart copy of this delightful poetic work. Rebacked, in a calf binding. Endpapers renewed. Externally, very smart, but with head of front joint starting, though firmly held. Rear hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, but with spotting to plates and pages surrounding them. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Banks of Wye Robert Bloomfield poetry Robert Bloomfield Not Stated


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