Egeria, or the Spirit of Nature; and other Poems
London : David Bogue, 1850
fcap. 8vo.,
cloth
, first edition
with portrait
1
English
4s.
6d.
S076.3a; V05.13; C029.06; J2019.636
C1
Library, shelving over bookcase (C5), shelf 1, item 02
Jarndyce
Presentation copy, 'From the Author.'
Front. port. 24pp cata. (Jan. 1850). Partially unopened in orig. orange wavy-grained cloth by Bone & Son, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened & v. sl. rubbed at head & tail. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Dickens, and Southeran's 'from the library of Charles Dickens' label, June 1870. v.g.
Listed in the Catalogue of Dickens's Library, p76, offered at 4s. 6d. The introduction is a polemical essay, 'An inquiry into the alleged anti-poetical tendencies of the present age'. Mackay, 1814-1889, is best known for his psychological study of 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, of which Dickens also owned a copy.
Listed in the Catalogue of Dickens's Library, p76, offered at 4s. 6d. The introduction is a polemical essay, 'An inquiry into the alleged anti-poetical tendencies of the present age'. Mackay, 1814-1889, is best known for his psychological study of 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, of which Dickens also owned a copy.
For sale by Jarndyce at £2,200 (October 2019)