Palestine. A Poem Recited at the Theatre, Oxford, MDCCCIII. To Which is Added, The Passage of the Red Sea. A Fragment.
Place and Imprint: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; and John Hatchard, 1809.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Front hinge just starting; a fine, handsome copy.
Book ID: 29001
Physical Description
4to, contemporary diced brown Russia, marbled paper endpapers, gilt decorations and lettering. With half-title.Comments
An Oxford Prize Poem, introduced by a synopsis of the primary points covered, including: "Lamentation over the miseries of Palestine . . . Present Appearance of the Country, with its Present Inhabitants Described . . . The Druses . . . Saracens and Bedouins . . . Modern Jews . . . Their Degraded State of Banishment . . . Appeal to the Almighty on their Behalf . . . Their Former Greatness . . . David . . . Solomon . . . Improved State of the Arts Among the Jews . . . Firmness of the Jews Under Misfortunes . . . Derived Principally from their Hopes of the Messiah . . . Palestine Still the Scene of British Valour . . . " Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was a student at Brasenose College, Oxford, who "distinguished himself in 1803 by his recitation of Palestine, which marked his début as a minor Romantic poet: the work was received with great enthusiasm by the audience in the Sheldonian Theatre and was subsequently set to music by William Crotch." - ODNB. Heber, a cousin of the book collector Richard Heber, was later the bishop of Calcutta.Price: $950.00
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