Shelfmark
Kk.6.03
Title
The casket : a miscellany, consisting of unpublished poems.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, MDCCCXXXI [1829].
Physical description
xxii, [2], 452 p ; 21 cm.
Note
Edited by Charlotte Blencowe.
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The editor was the daughter of Sir Henry Poole, baronet, and married Robert Willis Blencowe in 1815, of a Northamptonshire family.
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Contains the first appearance of William Wordsworth's poem 'The Peat-Stack'.
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Many contributions by women, including Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Felicia Hemans, Joanna Baillie, Amelia Opie, Anna Maria Porter, Jane West, and others.
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Other contributors include Lord Byron (one poem), Samuel Rogers, Francis Wrangham, W. L. Bowles, James Hogg, William Sotheby, Winthrop Mackworth Praed and J. F. W. Herschel, and others.
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Includes list of subscribers,
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The subscribers include Lady Byron (for 6 copies) and many titled ladies, many of them also for more than one copy.
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Includes errata page.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Sparrow.
Binding
19th century red morocco half-binding with blind tooling, and gilt lettering and tooling on spine.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's codes and prices in pencil.
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Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
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Blencowe Mrs., editor.
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Wordsworth, William, 1770 - 1850 contributor.
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Hemans, Mrs., 1793 - 1835 Mrs., contributor.
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Baillie, Joanna, 1762 - 1851 contributor.
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Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769 - 1853 contributor.
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788 - 1824 Baron contributor.
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Rogers, Samuel, 1763 - 1855 contributor.
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Wrangham, Francis, 1769 - 1842 contributor.
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Bowles, William Lisle, 1762 - 1850 contributor.
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Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, 1802 - 1839 contributor.
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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792 - 1871 John Frederick William contributor.
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L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802 - 1838 Letitia Elizabeth Landon contributor.
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Porter, Anna Maria, 1778 - 1832 contributor.
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West, Jane, 1758 - 1852 contributor.
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Sotheby, William, 1757 - 1833 contributor.
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England London.
Identifier
B26255