Lamia, Isabella, the eve of St. Agnes, and other poems.
John Keats, Thomas Davison (Printer), Taylor and Hessey (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1820
Printed [by Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet-Street., London:, 1820
[11], 4-199, [9] p. ; 19 cm (12mo)
927360557
Lamia
Isabella
The eve of St. Agnes
Ode to a nightingale
Ode on a Grecian urn
Ode to Psyche
Fancy
Ode
Lines of the Mermaid tavern
Robin Hood
To autumn
Ode on melancholy
Hyperion, a fragment
First edition of the author's third and final book, his second collection of poems; issued at the end of July 1820
Spine title: Lamia, Isabella &c
Printer's name from p. [2] and [200]: London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars
With half-title for Lamia on [A]1; title proper on [A]2; Table of contents on pi1 recto; Advertisement "If any apology be thought necessary for the appearance of the unfinished poem of Hyperion, ... Fleet-Street, June 26, 1820" on pi2 recto
Half title for Isabella on p. [47]; The eve of St. Agnes on p. [81]; [other] Poems on p. [105]; and Hyperion. A fragment on p. [143]
Publisher's advertisements (8 p.), "Books just published by Taylor and Hessey, 93, Fleet Street; Booksellers to His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold." bound at the end of the volume
The advertisements (p. [201]-[208]) are found in two states: Goldsmith's Citizen of the world appears at the top or bottom of p. [208]
Issued in light brown paper-covered boards, at 7s.6d
Signatures: [A]² pi² B-I¹² K⁴ chi⁴
Printed on wove paper. Watermark "B 1819" on [A]1, pi2, B5, C2, D6, E6, F1, G1, H1, and I6
Library copy: In the Advertisements, "Goldsmith's Citizen of the world" printed at the top of p. [208]. Binding: In publisher's original drab pale brown boards, with the original printed spine label. Provenance: inscription on front fly leaf: Mary A. Eaton