The Minstrel ; or, The Progress of Genius; In Two Parts. With Some Other Poems.

Published by Alnwick; Catnach and Davison, 1808., 1808

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Second Alnwick printing (first pub. by Catnach and Davison in 1807). 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. 140, [2]. With 7 engraved plates and 10 tail-pieces, designed by Mr Thurston and cut by Luke Clennell at the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Full polished calf with gilt titles to black label to spine and gilt ruling. Calf a little scuffed at corners and spine tips, upper rear joint just starting. Minor toning to title; ffep creased and very faint corner creasing to [7]-12, and minor loss to lower corner p. 37/8 affecting margin only. A solid, clean copy. From the library of Ruari & Antoia McClean with their pictorial bookplate featuring a seal colony to front paste-down; no annotation or inscriptions. Printed by the partnership of John Catnach and William Davision, with woodcuts specially commissioned from Bewick's workshop. Hunt, C. J.; The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860, pp. 20 & 29.

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Title
The Minstrel ; or, The Progress of Genius; In Two Parts. With Some Other Poems.
Author
Beattie, James.
Publisher
Alnwick; Catnach and Davison, 1808.
Publication year
1808
Binding
Hard Cover

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