Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry. Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical [3 volumes, interleaved]

[Acton Frederick Griffiths]

Published by Thomas Davison, for the Proprietors of the Collection, London, 1815

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viii, [1]-160; 161-320; 321-481 pp., 8vo, modern cloth, gilt titling, edges uncut. With half title and frontispiece linecut illustration, plus occasional vignette portraits. Bound in at the rear are two catalogues: Works Preparing for Publication by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (16 pp.) and (2) A Catalogue of Record Works, Printed under the Direction of The Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, on sale by Henry Butterworth (16 pp.). A wide-margined, uncut, interleaved copy (without notations), expanded into three volumes. A total of 956 works, largely from the collection of Thomas Park, are described in detail. Mild foxing to tp, pages otherwise clean and bright. With the stamp of the Metropolitan Literary Institution, a London literary club/salon formed in 1823, on tp verso. An overall fine and attractive copy. Seller Inventory # 1351

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A descriptive...

Publisher: Thomas Davison, for the Proprietors of the Collection, London

Publication Date: 1815

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine