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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language ; in three volumes.

George Ellis, William Bulmer (Printer), John Hatchard (Bookseller), G. Nicol (Bookseller), W. Nicol (Bookseller), Bulmer & Company (Printer)
Print Book, English, 1803
The 3rd ed. corrected View all formats and editions
Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers ... J. Hatchard ..., London, 1803
Criticism, interpretation, etc
3 volumes (xxviii, 424; [4], 452; [4], 458 pages) ; 8°
52228796
Signatures: vol. 1: [a]⁸ b⁴ c² B-Z⁸ Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁴ -- vol. 2: pi² B-Z⁸ Aa-Ff⁸ Gg² -- vol. 3: pi² B-Z⁸ Aa-Ff⁸ Gg⁶ ( -Gg6)
Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807