Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Fine. 1935. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 2 vols. 227 & 241 pp.; 8vo; brick red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Volume one facsimile title page; volume two with six facsimiles of title pages, specimens, autographs. "England's Helicon, one of the most beautiful of the Elizabethan poetical miscellanies and most distinguished from the point of view of of authorship, appeared in 1600." Volume one contains the the poems as well as variant readings and misprints, with an index of first lines. Some of the sweetest and most lyrical poems of the Elizabethan age where Shepherds and their Flocks abound, bounding over Arcadian fields. Volume two focuses on the history of various editions re-issued over the years from 17 century to modern, including studies of authors and editorial methods. .

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Bookseller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8325
Title: England's Helicon, 1600, 1614.
Author: ROLLINS, HYDER EDWARD, EDITED BY
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition Thus
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1935
Keywords: GREAT, BRITAIN, ELIZABETHAN, PASTORAL
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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