The Sylphs of the Seasons, with Other Poems

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Boston / Cambridge: Cummings and Hilliard / Hilliard & Metcalf, 1813. SEE PHOTOS. Good condition. NOT a library discard. Bound with green leather spine and corners over marbled paper covered boards. The spine has uniformly mellowed to brown. It has 5 raised bands and is elaborately gilt decorated. Front and rear boards feature bright and shiny gilt rules. On the front board is a fancy gilt ornament/decoration labeled "The Right and Sleep." SEE PHOTOS. Edges and hinges are rubbed. Front hinge is quite weak, but holding. All edges gilt. Beautiful marbled endpapers match the covers. "First American from the London Edition" is so stated on the title page. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are foxed, mostly light to moderate. SEE PHOTOS. From Wikipedia: "Washington Allston [Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Arts) ARA (November 5, 1779 - July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet. Allston was also a published writer. In London in 1813, he published The Sylphs of the Seasons, with Other Poems, republished in Boston, Massachusetts, later that year." BAL 494 [this copy is Blanck's thin paper edition; the state with Signature H, marked H2]. Wegelin 845. Shaw and Shoemaker 1813: 27701. First American Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. vii, 168pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. N° de ref. del artículo 025456

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