(BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron) (SMITH, Horace & James) Rejected Addresses: or, The New Theatrum Poetarum. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. 1812
Half title, final ad. leaf; the odd spot. Uncut in orig. drab boards, covered with marbled paper & respined; spine chipped at head & tail & worn through revealing text block. Booklabel of Lord Elton of Headington, Oxon., with other family ownership inscriptions in ink.
¶A satirical response to the Genuine Rejected Addresses made up of supposed submissions by well known authors. It proved immensely popular and reached a 14th edition within a year. Some authors identified by initials only on Contents leaf are named in pencil m.s., including Byron, Wordsworth, Moore, Cobbett, & Coleridge.
Stock #26098
£85
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