Poetical works...
Norwich.
Printed & published by S. Wilkin, 1830.
First edition.
8vo.
[6], xcvii, [9], 275pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, scattered spotting.
A posthumously published collection of the poetry of scholar Frank Sayers (1763-1817), including the series of dramas on Nordic themes that made his name as a poet, 'Moina', 'Starno', and 'The Descent of Freya'.
Jackson p.555.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 29265
Jackson p.555.
