Logrono: A Metric Drama in Two Acts.
London.
Marcus Ward & Co., 1877.
First edition.
8vo.
119pp, [1]. With a half-title and 29 engraved illustrations in the text by T. Walter Wilson. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black, A.E.G.. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting.
The sole edition of a two-act metrical drama, based on the third chapter of George Borrow's (1803-1881) The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain (1841), written by chemist and physicist Frederick Guthrie (1833-1886); his second and final work of fiction published under the pseudonym Frederick Cerny, the first being his long poem The Jew (1863).
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref: 28644
