[CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, Supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others. London: T. Payne & Son, 1777. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS.
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[CHATTERTON, Thomas (“Thomas Rowley”) (1752-1770).] Poems, Supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others. London: T. Payne & Son, 1777.
8vo (226 x 141 mm). Engraved heraldic plate by I. Strutt. (Some spotting and marginal chipping, short tear on K1 with old repair.) Original blue-grey boards, uncut (modern rebacking, some staining and chipping); folding case. Provenance: A. Simpson (early signature, 1777); David and Lulu Borowitz (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, with C4 in cancelled state with the words "and were probably composed by him" omitted. Published as the fictitious 15th-century poet Thomas Rowley, Chatterton’s work influenced several of the most prominent Romantic poets including Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth. ESTC N70222; Hayward 188; Rothschild 589.
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