Description: Juvenilia; or, A Collection of Poems: Written Between The Ages of Twelve and Sixteen, J.H.L. Hunt, Second Edition, Printed for J. Whiting, Finsbury Place, 1801, London, 136 pp, 6.5 x 4”, leather, 18mo. In fair condition. Front board is a replacement. Original detached. Spine is cracked down middle, binding is still affixed. Small segment of leather missing from head of spine. End papers missing. Wanting frontispiece. Front title page is moderately toned, does not affect text. Text block in nice condition, bright and free of marginalia. Marbled end papers in rear are soiled, but intact. Rear board is desiccated, joints dry and cracking. Gilt work along edges of board still present, but faded. Please see photos. Second edition of Leigh Hunt’s first book of poetry written when he was seventeen years of age. Hunt was a an English critic, essayist and poet. He confounded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the center of the Hempstead-based group that included William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb, known as the “Hunt Circle” Hunt also introduced John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson to the public. FORN-ABE-MSB-0821-Shelf-569-lh001
Price: 150 USD
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Year Printed: 1801
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Leather
Author: Leigh Hunt
Subject: Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: J. Whiting, Finsbury Place
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Second Edition
