A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands.

GOLDSMITH, Oliver; Edmund Burke; Sir H. Walpole; et al.

$1,500.00

Item Number: 137226

Dublin: Printed for the Editor by M. Graisberry, 1789.

First edition of this rare collection of early English literature. Octavo, bound in full calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, illustrated with engraved vignettes, lists of subscribers. In near fine condition. An attractive binding.

A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands contains poems by Dr. Johnson, R. B. Sheridan, Edmund Burke, Sir H. Walpole, Dean Swift and, notably, Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Fair Thief."