The Deserted Village, A Poem.
London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1770.
Price: $2,500.00
About the item
First edition, with the catchword at p. 9 misprinted "Careless" for "Thus." Title page with engraved vignette by Isaac Taylor. [viii], 23 pp. 1 vols. 4to (263 x 210 mm). Full tan polished calf, a.e.g., by Riviere and Sons. Signature letter removed and catchword supplied on B1, a few skilful marginal repairs not affecting text. Handsome copy. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 39 (with label). Provenance: Abel Berland (bookplate, his note of purchase from John F. Fleming, New York, 1 February 1968). Rothschild 1032; Iolo Williams, p. 147; Hayward 184; Sterling 405; Tinker 1122; W.B. Todd in: Studies in Bibliography, 1954, pp. 25ff.
Item #253059
The quarto edition is now believed to be the true first, preceding the several unauthorized duodecimo printings, demonstrated by William B. Todd to have been later piracies (v. Rothschild 1032 'Notes') and Studies in Bibliography, vi, 1953).
