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The Farmer's Boy; a Rural Poem - Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs - Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry.
BLOOMFIELD'S POETICAL WORKS IN THREE VOLUMES
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1815.
3 vols., 12 mo (6.5 x 4 inches). Full blue speckled
calf with single navy blue label. Wonderful tooling and
centre tools to the panels, outer edges gilt. The
original owner's name has been erased on the top each
title page. Large margins. Illustrated throughout with
engraved plates and vignettes including title pages of
vols. I and III.
An exquisite set of Bloomfield's most famous work. The
poem that made his reputation, The Farmer's Boy, was
written in a garret in Bell Alley where half a dozen
other men were at work, and the finished lines he
carried in his head until there was time to write them
down. The manuscript, declined by several publishers,
fell into the hands of Capel Lofft, a Suffolk squire of
literary tastes, who arranged for its publication with
woodcuts by Thomas Bewick in 1800. The success of the
poem was remarkable, over 25,000 copies being sold in
the next two years.
£395.00
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