Poems

London: J. Hatchard, 1808. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None. An early edition of this collection of poems from noted poet, George Crabbe. The second edition of the work. With the bookplate of Toft Hall, a 17th century house in Toft, Cheshire. A collection of poems by George Crabbe. Containing 'The Village', 'The Parish Register', 'The Library', 'The Newspaper', 'The Birth of Flattery', 'Reflections Upon the Subject', 'Sir Eustace Grey', 'The Hall of Justice', and 'Woman!'. Crabbe was a clergyman, who's works described the lives of working class life and poverty. He was good friends with author and statesman Edmund Burke, and Burke was the one to introduce him to the literary world in London. Though Burke he became the Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland. With this position he was exposed to the country and lower-class life, which was often the focus of his poetry and writings. Crabbe mostly worked in the form of heroic couplets, a favourite form for narrative and epic poetry, and used often by Chaucer and Alexander Pope. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally smart with slight rubbing to the boards and extremities. Crack to tail of front joint. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good