LANDOR (WALTER SAVAGE)] Poems from Arabic and Persian; With Notes by the Author of Gebir, 1800
[LANDOR (WALTER SAVAGE)]
Poems from Arabic and Persian; With Notes by the Author of Gebir, first edition, issue without the "French preface", woodcut vignette on title, uncut and stitched as issued with printed upper cover (soiled), lacks blank lower cover, bookplate of Simon Nowell-Smith, preserved in purpose-made cloth portfolio, 4to, Warwick, Printed by H. Sharpe, High-Street; And Sold by Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1800
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Footnotes

  • SCARCE FIRST EDITION of Landor's poetical hoax. Rather than being translations from the Arabic, the poems were written by Landor himself, imitating the style of works by the Persian poet Hafiz as translated by John Nott.

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