[CHATTERTON, Thomas] Thomas Rowley; MILLES, Jeremiah. Poems Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol in the Thirteenth Century By Thomas Rowley, Priest, &C. With a Commentary in Which the Antiquity of Them is Considered and Defended, By Jeremiah Milles
London: Printed for T. Payne, 1782.
£ 1,000
Large 4to.First Edition xix (1), 545 pp, plus errata page. Title-page; Advertisement; Table of Contents. Manuscript inscription on first pastedown of previous owner (Albert Bassett Hopkins). In English; Roman and Italic type with occasional Gothic. Untrimmed pages, some uncut; wide margins. Slight browning, foxing and offsetting throughout. Contemporary ¾ boards spine neatly repaired, some wear, rubbing and staining. Overall, an excellent copy.