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SOUTHEY (Robert).. Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal.with some account of Spanish and Portugueze poetry.. Printed by Bulgin and Rosser for Joseph Cottle, Bristol, and G. C. and J. Robinson, and Cadell and Davies, London., Bristol & London., 1797.

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Description: 22 x 13.5cm. xx, 551pp. [552 erratum]. Holandesa algo posterior. Palau 320963. Foulché-Delbosc 208. García-Romeral XVIII, 472. Robertson (1988) pp.157-160. Rose Macaulay, 'They went to Portugal', pp.143-165. Southey, 1774-1843, poeta, era también autor de la History of the Peninsular War, 1823 y traductor del Chronicle of the Cid, 1808. Viajó a la peninsula a invitación de su tío que era capellan de la British Factory en Lisboa. Dic, 1795- abril, 1796: La Coruña - Lugo - Ponferrada - Tordesillas - Guadarama - Madrid - Trujillo - Mérida - Badajoz - Lisboa - Cintra. Aúnque comenta sobre costumbres y la vida (caminos, las ventas, los toros, teatro, monasterios, monarquia, sociedad, comida, un auto de fé.) la obra de Southey es lejos de ser sólo un libro de viaje. Incluye poemas suyos inspirados en sus impresiones (publicados aqui por primera vez); pero sobre todo concentra en la literatura de los dos países, y empezando con un 'Essay on the poetry of Spain and Portugal', da en español con sus proprias traducciones, extractos de 'George of' Montemayor, Gongora ('Ayer naciste, y morires mañana/ Blown in the morning thou shalt fade ere noon'), Ponce de León, Esteban de Villegas, Garcilasso de la Vega, Yriarte, Lope de Vega ('La hermosura de Angélica', con 29 páginas), Alonso de Ledesma (16pp.), Luis de León, Quevedo, Azevedo de Tojal (‘Carlos reducido’, con 22 páginas), y más. Con nítidos pero ásperos y irónicos comentarios manuscitos coetáneous sobre las obsevaciones de Southey en los margenes. Cubiertas algo ensuciadas, encuadernado sin la hoja de cortesía delantera. La primera edición es raro. En ediciones posteriores (1799 y 1808), Southey eliminó algunas anécdotas a petición de su tío. 'Spain ! still my mind delights to picture forth /Thy scenes that I shall see no more, for there/ Most pleasant were my wanderings.'

Seller: Carmichael Alonso Libros, Cantabria, Spain

FOX, Charles.. [Persian title, then:] A SERIES OF POEMS, containing the plaints, consolations, and delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian exile. With notes historical and explanatory.. Bristol: printed by Bulgin and Rosser for J. Cottle High-Street; G.G. and J. Robinson. and Cadell and Davies. London, 1797.

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Description: 8vo, pp. [viii], xl, 276; with list of subscribers and errata leaf; complete with the original blank leaf d4 in the prelims; some gatherings a little browned, but otherwise a very good copy in mid-19th century red half roan over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt (a bit rubbed but very sound). Inscription dated 1849 on endpapers. Published by Joseph Cottle in 1797, the year before Lyrical Ballads. This is in effect a brother venture to that famous book: Cottle was friends with both Fox and Coleridge, and after he had sold the copyright in both as part of a larger deal with Longmans of London, he found that they were both 'reckoned as nothing', and, having begged them back again, generously wrote off the twenty guineas he had given Fox as well as the thirty given to Wordsworth and Coleridge. Coleridge in fact also subscribed to this book: he is present in the short list of subscribers as 'Mr S.T. Coleridge, Stowey', as is 'Mr Robert Southey', and 'T. Beddoes, M.D.' (father of Thomas Lovell Beddoes). Wordsworth did not subscribe to the book, but he was presented with a copy by Cottle - Coleridge's letter of 8 June 1797 to Cottle sends his friend's acknowledgement and thanks for the gift. Charles Fox (1749-1809) was the son of a wealthy quaker grocer of Falmouth; after an adventurous early life travelling in the northern countries he settled in Bristol, where he kept a bookshop. He is mentioned in Southey's Espriella, and was known, even if only distantly, by the romantic poets who were living in the area in the 1790s.

Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

SOUTHEY, Robert.. Letters Written During a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal . with Some Account of Spanish and Portugueze Poetry.. Bristol, Bulgin & Rosser for Joseph Cottle, G.G. & J. Robinson, and Cadell & Davies, 1797., 1797.

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Description: Large 8°, somewhat worn old marbled boards, rebacked, antique morocco spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, red leather lettering piece in second compartment from head and black leather lettering piece in third compartment, short title and author lettered gilt, place and date gilt at foot, matching morocco corners. Overall in very good condition. Ink signature of M. Churchill on title page. xx, 551, (1) pp. Without the final advertisement leaf, as usual. With the half title, which is often missing. *** FIRST EDITION of one of Southey's earliest publications-his first book of prose. There are editions of 1799 and 1808.*** ESTC T139937. CBEL III, 255. Haller p. 314. Simmons 5.

Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

SOUTHEY (Robert). Letters Written During A Short Residence In Spain And Portugal, With Some Account Of Spanish And Portugueze Poetry. Bulgin and Rosser for Joseph Cottle, et al., Bristol, 1797.

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Description: Octavo, bound without the half title in new red three quarter morocco gilt extra, lovely copy. A goodly portion of Southey's later literary interests were sparked by this visit, and his subsequent absorption in the poetry of the two nations. This has further significance as being Southey's first book of prose, although he did include a number of poems. It proved popular, and went through several editions during his lifetime. Simmons, Southey, 5. the uncommon first edition. Because of the value of this item, extra postal insurance or registry fees may be required.

Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.