The course of time.
by POLLOK Robert -
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Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1857, 8vo bella legatura in piena pelle coeva con fregi e titoli dorati al dorso, numerose cornici impresse a secco e dorate ai piatti, cornici decorate in oro ai bordi interni dei piatti, tagli dorati, pp. XXIV-359 con 50 incisioni xilografiche nel testo. Prima edizione illustrata con numerose illustrazioni nel testo, disegnate da Birket Foster, John Tenniel e J. R. Calyton, incise da Edmund Evans, Dalziel Brothers, H. N. Woods e John Green. Piccolo strappo all'attaccatura del piatto anteriore, per il resto ottima copia.
Synopsis
The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827. It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish poet Robert Pollok. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America. Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.
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- Libreria Piani snc (IT)
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- Title
- The course of time.
- Author
- POLLOK Robert -
- Book Condition
- Used
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- (Letteratura di lingua inglese);
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