1818 · London
by Sotheby, William
London: Printed by W. Bulmer, 1818. 4to. 285 x 225 mm., [11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches]. 65 pp. include two blanks. Original drab paper wrappers, untrimmed; wrappers expertly repaired at spine and edges with Japanese tissue. Very good copy in original state.
Near fine copy of the first edition, printed in 1818, upon his return to London after two years abroad, mostly in Italy. Saddened by the death of his oldest son William, the poems represent his impression of Italy, the strength of which reflect his loss and calming nature of the Italian landscape. Included are also poems on Virgil's Georgics, the translation of which was considered "the most perfect translation of a classic poet now extant in our language." Sotheby's poems were reprinted in 1825 with the title Poems and again in 1828 under the title Italy and other Poems.
This copy, is beautifully printed by Bulmer, boudn in original publisher's wrappers, uncut and in an excellent state of preservation. A note in pencil in an unidentified hand reads, "250 copies Privately Printed / From the Sotheby Library."Â
New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, III, p. 104. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 53, biographical essay by Sidney Lee. . (Inventory #: 976)
Near fine copy of the first edition, printed in 1818, upon his return to London after two years abroad, mostly in Italy. Saddened by the death of his oldest son William, the poems represent his impression of Italy, the strength of which reflect his loss and calming nature of the Italian landscape. Included are also poems on Virgil's Georgics, the translation of which was considered "the most perfect translation of a classic poet now extant in our language." Sotheby's poems were reprinted in 1825 with the title Poems and again in 1828 under the title Italy and other Poems.
This copy, is beautifully printed by Bulmer, boudn in original publisher's wrappers, uncut and in an excellent state of preservation. A note in pencil in an unidentified hand reads, "250 copies Privately Printed / From the Sotheby Library."Â
New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, III, p. 104. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 53, biographical essay by Sidney Lee. . (Inventory #: 976)