Author: Anonymous
Title: Windsor-Castle: A Poem Inscrib&Apos;D to the Immortal Honour of Our Most Gracious Soveraign Anne
Description: London, H. Hills, 1708 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of this anonymously authored poem celebrating Queen Anne, and her rule of Britain, France and Ireland. A very scarce first edition.The poem celebrated Queen Anne in glowing terms: 'till Anna like the Sun did rise/ Anna, whose pious Name tunes ev'ry Lyre,/ And does my Muse with boundless Thoughts inspire&apos.ESTC T52558With an advertisement to the tail of the final leaf.To the rear appears a song on 'Britain's Jubilee', the work of Richard Estcourt. Unbound, as issued. First and final leaves bright. Internally, firmly bound. Leaf A5 trimmed diagonally to fore edge, resulting in the loss to the first word of lines on the final two stanzas of the verso of leaf. Pages otherwise lightly age toned, but generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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