The British Album, in Two Volumes.

TOPHAM, EDWARD [EDITOR].

Published by London John Bell, 1790

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2 volumes, small 8vo, pp [10], 172, [2, errata]: [6], 172, [2, 'Postcript'], with 2 general letterpress title pages and 2 volume title pages, with portrait of Della Crusca in volume one, and Anna Matilda in volume two, bound in contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers, sides with gilt fillet borders, spines gilt with double black and olive on red lettering pieces, a little rubbed but sound, a very good handsome set, internally fresh and tight, SECOND EDITION, but the first under this title, an anthology of the largely romantic, not to say sentimental, poetry of Della Crusca, Anna Matilda and others, dedicated by Edward Topham to Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was previously published as 'The Poetry of the World' in reference to the periodical they first appeared in, in 1788, but additional material was evidently added here. The so-called 'Delacruscan Poets' were at the hight of their popularity at the time, and spawned many imitators, some represented here. ' In William Gifford s attack on the Della Cruscans, Bell s poetry anthology The British Album became shorthand for poetry s debasement through cultural feminization.'. Seller Inventory # 29370

Bibliographic Details

Title: The British Album, in Two Volumes.

Publisher: London John Bell

Publication Date: 1790

Binding: Hardcover