First edition. Hardcover in emerald green cloth ornately stamped in gilt (other color cloth seen, no priority). All edges gilt. 71 pp. Profusely illustrated with handsome engravings of various animals in their natural settings by Weir. Generally fine, mere touch of rubbing to the extremities, contemporary gift inscription in violet ink first front blank. A charming collection of poetical pieces dealing with nature's flora and fauna by better and lesser knwon poets such as Wordsworth, Leyden, Cowper, Coleridge, Ben Johnson, Weir himslef, and others. A lovely gift item from tyhe mid-19th century.

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Title

The Poetry Of Nature

Publisher

D. Appleton, New York

Publication Date

1868

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine

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