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HAYGARTH, William. Greece, a poem, in three parts; with notes, classical illustrations, and sketches of the scenerey. London: W.Bulmer & Co. for G. & W.Nicol, 1814.
4° (292x 230mm). Half-title. 9 sepia plates, etched base with aquatint and roulette, by Charles Turner after Haygarth. (Some slight browning.) Red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities rubbed, spine chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Dr.Perceval (AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION: 'For Dr.Perceval with the author's best regards').
FIRST EDITION. "This is Haygarth's only separately published work... [he] travelled in Greece in 1810-11. Much of this work was produced while... [he] was in Athens where he had met and become friendly with Byron. His poem is an important part of the philhellenic literary genre but, as Spencer says, he was "most cruelly crushed out of poetical existence by the reputation of Byron"': Blackmer 797.
4° (292x 230mm). Half-title. 9 sepia plates, etched base with aquatint and roulette, by Charles Turner after Haygarth. (Some slight browning.) Red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities rubbed, spine chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Dr.Perceval (AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION: 'For Dr.Perceval with the author's best regards').
FIRST EDITION. "This is Haygarth's only separately published work... [he] travelled in Greece in 1810-11. Much of this work was produced while... [he] was in Athens where he had met and become friendly with Byron. His poem is an important part of the philhellenic literary genre but, as Spencer says, he was "most cruelly crushed out of poetical existence by the reputation of Byron"': Blackmer 797.