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FABLES: Consisting of Select Parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto. Imitated in English Heroic Verse. [bound with] FABLES: Vol. II. Containing Cambuscan, An Heroic Poem, In Six Books: Founded Upon and Comprizing a Free Imitation of Chaucer's Fragment on that Subject.
London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Payne and Mackinlay, 1804 / 1805. 1st edition. PRESENTATION inscription from Mrs Wharton to J. [?] W. Phipps, at top of t.p., dated March 18, 1812. 2 volumes in 1 ([2], 142; xvi, 199, [1 (blank)] pp). 8vo: [A]1 B - K^8 [-K8, presumed a blank], [A]^8, B - N^8 O^4. Period blue morocco-style sheep binding with gilt decorated spine. AEG. Modest wear, a VG copy. Item #30860
Price: $750.00
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