Author: GRIFFITH, A.F.G.
Title: Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry.
Description: . Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, initial and bibliographical. London, Thomas Davison, for the proprietor of the Collection, 1815. viii,481 pp. Title printed in black and red. Frontispiece. Title-vignette and portraits. Description of 956 early books - with prices and a synoptical Index. Orig. calf binding (worn and rubbed), marbled sides.*Celebrated catalogue, still cited as a reference work for early English literature. Formed by Thomas Park, the catalogue compiled by A.F. Griffith, the collection was sold to Thomas Hill, and subsequently to Longmans. The majority of the books did not sell and were consigned to auction in 1818, many of them coming to rest in the Britwell library..

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