Poems.

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory)

Publication Date: 1812

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First edition. 8vo. viii, 112 pp. Early twentieth century blue morocco, spine with five single raised bands outlined in gilt, second and third panels lettered in gilt, the rest elaborately tooled in gilt, covers with a gilt fillet border and central gilt panel with floral tooling, top edge gilt, blue cloth endpapers. London, Shury.   Monk Lewis?s scarce final work, appearing the month after the death of his father.   In 1815, ?Lewis then departed on a continental tour which lasted for a year and a half, visiting Byron and the Shelley circle at the Villa Diodati in Geneva during August 1816. Here he made a translation for Byron (whom he had first met in 1813) of part 1 of Goethe's Faust, which influenced the latter's Manfred and other works.? (ODNB).   A handsome, wide margined copy, joints only a little rubbed .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poems.
• Publication Date: 1812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition