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LLOYD, Robert (1733-1764). Poems. London: Dryden Leach for the Author, 1762.
4o (251 x 197 mm). Half-title, list of subscribers. Title-page cancelled as issued. Engraved illustration in text, head-piece. (Lacks final blank.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt, red speckled edges (some very light wear). Provenance: William Constable (armorial bookplate) -- purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 10 April 1970.
FIRST EDITION. Lloyd was closely aligned with Charles Churchill. Among their associates listed in the subscriber's list are Mark Akenside, William Beckford, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, James Macpherson, Joshua Reynolds, Laurence Sterne, John Hall Stephenson and John Wilkes. Rothschild 1332, 3. FINE COPY.
4o (251 x 197 mm). Half-title, list of subscribers. Title-page cancelled as issued. Engraved illustration in text, head-piece. (Lacks final blank.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt, red speckled edges (some very light wear). Provenance: William Constable (armorial bookplate) -- purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 10 April 1970.
FIRST EDITION. Lloyd was closely aligned with Charles Churchill. Among their associates listed in the subscriber's list are Mark Akenside, William Beckford, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, James Macpherson, Joshua Reynolds, Laurence Sterne, John Hall Stephenson and John Wilkes. Rothschild 1332, 3. FINE COPY.