8vo. xxiii, [1], 60pp. With a half-tile. Uncut in contemporary two-tone paper boards. Rubbed, joints split, surface loss to spine. Ink-stamp of William Stark and recent book-label of Anne and F. G. Reiner to FEP, scattered spotting.

An early edition of Southey’s verse drama reflecting his youthful radical political ambitions, composed in 1794, and first printed surreptitiously by pirates in 1817 in order to the embarrass the recently created Poet Laureate.