Book ID: 27198 Poems, and a Tragedy. WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE.

Poems, and a Tragedy.

Place and Imprint: London: Printed by A. Paris, for J. Egerton, W. Richardson, and Fletcher and Hanwell, Oxford, 1794.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 674; ESTC T43580, which describes two issues, one with a dated title-page and one without.
Condition: Edges a little rubbed; some light to moderate foxing; very good copy.
Book ID: 27198

Physical Description

4to, later catspaw calf, red morocco spine labels, gilt decorations and lettering. Frontis portrait. Seven-page list of subscribers. With half-title.

Comments

The selected works of William Julius Mickle (1734-88), Scottish poet, translator and miscellaneous author, published by subscription for the benefit of his son. The works are preceded by a memoir of Mickle, which is interspersed with correspondence between Mickle and George Lyttleton. See the ODNB. Ink inscription dated 1946 on the front blank.

Price: $650.00