The vale of Guasco; or the maid with seven lovers. A romance in verse. (bound with) Metrical translations from the works of lamartine, casimir delavigne, victor hugo and beranger to which are added some original poems

London; Paris: J.J.Sstockdale; Imprimerie de Gœtschy, 1850. FIRST EDITIONS. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine torn, corners worn; spotting to a few leaves, otherwise a good copy. I: First and only edition, possibly the first printing as there is no errata. As explained in the preface, the subject of the poem, Courtenay, who is English, travels to Peru and Chile and ultimately works to attain revenge for the Spanish victory over Chileans in the sixteenth-century Araucanian war. The work is attributed to Henry Boyd (d. 1832)), the Irish cleric and translator of Dante. An interesting romance with Chilean connections.

II: First and only edition. The author includes a number of poems by the above-named poets such as “Man Addressed to Lord Byron” by Lamartine; “The Peri and the Fairy” by Victor Hugo; a number of short poems on liberty by Delavigne; and “The Swallows” by Bernager. Original poems are entitled “To Taste”; “Ode. To Fancy”; “To Sympathy”; “To Adversity”; “Song. To the tune of Moore’s Melody”; “To a Young Officer on his Kissing a Chain of a Lady’s Hair”; and “On the Death of a Favorite Canary.” Some fairly intense poetry from the author of Early lessons in rhyme for the use of children (published in Paris, 1855).

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