first edition
1826 · London
by [Patmore, Peter George]
London: Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. First edition. Original drab boards, neatly rebacked. A collection of parodies by Coventry Patmore's father, avowedly designed as a kind of prose version of "Rejected Address," 1812, by Horace and James Smith. Of particular interest are imitations of two of the author's closest friends, Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. This book proved popular in its day. From the library of H. Buxton Forman, with his bookplate and penciled initials, as well as the note: "I fancy this book is by P. G. Patmore." With 12-page publisher's catalog dated May, 1826.
(Inventory #: 3678)