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PEACOCK, Thomas Love (1785-1866). Palmyra and other poems. London: T. Bensley for W. J. and J. Richardson, 1806.
8 (170 x 108mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Some light spotting to earlier leaves, 2 leaves with creasemark, occasional scoring of text in pencil.) Original pink boards, spine with paper label, uncut (some soiling to boards, corners bumped, spine sunfaded). Provenance: Harriet Love, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Marian & Anne Segwick (ownership inscriptions).
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of this early collection of poems by Peacock. The principal poem, 'Palmyra', a musing on the vicissitudes of time, is accompanied by historical notes on the city.
8 (170 x 108mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Some light spotting to earlier leaves, 2 leaves with creasemark, occasional scoring of text in pencil.) Original pink boards, spine with paper label, uncut (some soiling to boards, corners bumped, spine sunfaded). Provenance: Harriet Love, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Marian & Anne Segwick (ownership inscriptions).
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of this early collection of poems by Peacock. The principal poem, 'Palmyra', a musing on the vicissitudes of time, is accompanied by historical notes on the city.