1811 The First Book of Poetry For the Use of Schools Intended as Reading Lessons For the Younger Classes

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Leather Binding, Scarce

By Charles and Mary Lamb, published under the pseudonym W. F. Mylius. With two engravings: a frontispiece and one further plate, both illustrative of the plate. The work contains 22 items from Poetry for Children (1809), and selections from other authors as well as a new poem, "A Birth-Day Thought". In the earlier editions such as this, A Birth-Day Thought is signed M. L., changed to C. L. in later editions. It is rare to find this book in this conditions as copies are usually read to the point of disintegration. According to Thomson's Bibliography, Lamb, in a letter to Robert Lloyd from 1809, attributes the poem The Beggar Man to his brother, John. Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). With two sets of publisher's catalogues to rear. Previous owner's ink inscriptions to recto and verso of front free endpaper. With two leaves missing: pages 131-134.