12mo. xi, [1], 148pp. Bound by J. Bulcock in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Francis Sterry and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting.

The first trade edition (a limited edition for private distribution had been printed in 1822) of a selection of verse by journalist and poet Alaric Alexander Watts (1797-1864). These poems, conventionally Romantic in content and form, have long been forgotten, but Lamb and Wordsworth, among others, appear to have admired them.