Poems,
John Keats, Leigh Hunt (Dedicatee), Charles Richards (Printer), C. and J. Ollier (Firm) (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1817
Printed [by C. Richards] for C. & J. Ollier, 3, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square., London, 1817
poetry
[6], 121, [1] ; 18 cm (8vo)
12163218
Poems
Epistles
Sonnets
Sleep and poetry
First edition of Keats's first book. Published on 3 March 1817
Printer's name from p. [6] and p. 121: Printed by C. Richards, No. 18, Warwick Street, Golden Square, London
Dedication to Leigh Hunt, Esq. on [A3] recto, i.e. p. [3]
On A3 verso: "[The short pieces in the middle of the book, as well as some of the Sonnets, were written at an earlier period than the rest of the Poems.]"
Half title on [A4] recto
Poems dated in print on p. 43: "February, 1815." -- Epistles, on p. 58, "November, 1815."; on p. 67, "August, 1816."; on p. 75, "September, 1816." -- Sonnets dated on p. 93, "December 30, 1816."
Signatures: [A]⁴ (-[A1]) B-Q⁴ chi1 (A1 blank)
Title vignette: woodcut portrait of Edmund Spenser
Printed on wove paper. Watermark "John Dickinson & Co. 1813" across leaves C2 and C3, E1 and E4, K2 and K3, L2 and L3, M1 and M4, P2 and P3, and Q1 and Q4; "Co." on D3, F4, G4, H4, I3, N4 and O4
Library copy: Bound without the initial blank. In original brown boards. Provenance: inscriptions on front fly leaves: T. Rogers, July 16, 1826. "The food of my delighted fancy _ Sonnet IV 1. 2. & 3 Page 82."