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BURGESS, Henry. Poems.

London. Benjamin L. Green, 1850. First edition.
8vo. viii, 114pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly marked, spine a trifle dulled. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription to head of title: 'M. L. Burgess, Hollowell Vicarage', presumably Mary Burgess (d. 1896), the author's granddaughter.
A family copy of the sole edition of the collected evangelical verse of Church of England clergyman and scholar Henry Burgess (1808-1886).
£ 100.00 Antiquates Ref: 27718