The Complete Poems of Dr. Joseph Beaumont (1616-1699), for the first time Collected and Edited: with Memorial-Introduction, notes and illustrations, glossarial index, and portrait &c. ["Pysche Cantos" Privately Printed edition of 1880]
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1880. Rev. Alexander B. Grosart (Ed.). Privately Printed, 1st ed thus., Sm. 4to., 2 vols., Volume I: Psyche cantos I-XI, pp.lxxxvii, 232, fronts port.; Volume 2: Psyche cantos XII-XXIV, pp.iv, 292. Both vols incl Index, ex-lib with usual stamps, scattered foxing mainly to prelims and end pages, water-staining to upper pages of second volume, hinges cracked with some previous repairs, original boards, gilt dec to front boards, uncut, good condn of this seldom seen set printed for private circulation
"Psyche, or Love's mystery", 24 cantos of Beaumont's epic poem, first published in 1648 and thought to be the longest poem of the 17th century in the English language. Item #94893
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