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Small 8vo., pp. [8], 128, with half-title; contemporary half calf, chip to spine.First edition of Landor's first play, unacted, but a succès d'éstime, published in 'a small edition' (Oxford DNB). The episode in Spanish history which it treats the vengeance taken by Don Julián, 8th-century ruler of Ceuta, against Roderigo, King of the Goths, who has dishonoured Julián's daughter was also used by Walter Scott (The Vision of Don Roderick, 1811), Southey (Roderick, the last of the Goths, 1814) and, earlier, William Rowley (All's lost by Lust, 1633).Wise & Wheeler 12. Language: English. Seller Inventory # E2587
Bibliographic Details
Title: Count Julian: a Tragedy.
Publisher: London: Printed for John Murray … by James Moyes … 1812.
Publication Date: 1812
Edition: 1st Edition
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