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Lot 62
Byroniana.- [Barker (Mary) & William Wordsworth]. Lines addressed to A Noble Lord; (His Lordship will know why,) by one of the Small Fry of the Lakes, first edition, by W. Pople, 1815.
Hammer Price: £7,000
Description
Byroniana.- [Barker (Mary) & William Wordsworth]. Lines addressed to A Noble Lord; (His Lordship will know why,) by one of the Small Fry of the Lakes, first edition, slight cockling, ex-library with blind-stamp to title and shelfmark to title verso, modern antique-style half morocco, red morocco label lettered in gilt to upper cover, housed in modern drop-back box and morocco backed slipcase, by W. Pople, 1815.
⁂ Scarce. WorldCat only lists this in 6 libraries worldwide.
An early piece of Byroniana.
Mary Barker (1774-1853) was an artist who became close friends with Robert Southey, having met him in Portugal. She later lived near him in the Lake District, where she also befriended the Wordsworth and Coleridge families. In 1814, having been shown a letter where Byron characterised the Lake poets as "Pond Poets", Mary was filled with such indignation that she drafted this poetic response which contains a substantial contribution from Wordsworth himself.
Description
Byroniana.- [Barker (Mary) & William Wordsworth]. Lines addressed to A Noble Lord; (His Lordship will know why,) by one of the Small Fry of the Lakes, first edition, slight cockling, ex-library with blind-stamp to title and shelfmark to title verso, modern antique-style half morocco, red morocco label lettered in gilt to upper cover, housed in modern drop-back box and morocco backed slipcase, by W. Pople, 1815.
⁂ Scarce. WorldCat only lists this in 6 libraries worldwide.
An early piece of Byroniana.
Mary Barker (1774-1853) was an artist who became close friends with Robert Southey, having met him in Portugal. She later lived near him in the Lake District, where she also befriended the Wordsworth and Coleridge families. In 1814, having been shown a letter where Byron characterised the Lake poets as "Pond Poets", Mary was filled with such indignation that she drafted this poetic response which contains a substantial contribution from Wordsworth himself.
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