(ELLIS, GEORGE. (ED.)) Specimens of the Early English Poets. London, Printed by T. Rickaby for Edwards, 1790. (2)+V+(2)+324 p. Contemp. full sprinkled calf. Binding a little worn, joints neatly repaired. ¶ First edition of this anthology of shorter poems of the 16th and 17th centuries arranged according to the reign of English Rulers: Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, James II, Charles I, and Charles II. On its publication it was recognised as 'the most judicious selection that had yet been made'. The typography is of some merit with a number of poems printed in the form of diamonds. Lowndes 731.
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