WORDSWORTH, William.

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The Miscellaneous Poems. First edition of the first collection of Wordsworth's works, in an elaborate Regency binding. The publication, which the poet oversaw with "meticulous attention", also features the first appearance of several sonnets.Of the major works, Miscellaneous Poems omits only The Excursion (1814). The preface to the Lyrical Ballads of 1800, dubbed the "manifesto" of the Romantic movement, is also included.A pamphlet containing Wordsworth's Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, printed by Lee Priory Press, is bound at the end of Volume 2.

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