The evergreen; a selection of religious and preceptive poetry.
London.
Darton and Co., [s.d., c. 1830]
First edition?.
12mo.
iv, [1], iv-vii, [2], 10-252pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates. Original publisher's richly gilt-tooled red cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting.
A presumed first edition of a delightful Darton publication; a handsomely illustrated anthology of devotional and instructional verse. The publisher would issue ten editions (the majority undated) by 1845.
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref: 27840
