[Rarebooks] FS: SPECIMENS OF AMERICAN POETRY, 1829, with mention of Poe's Tamerlane

[Charles Agvent]

LONGFELLOW,  Henry  W.;  WHITTIER,   John  G.;  BRYANT,
         WILLIAM  C.;  et al.) KETTELL, Samuel (editor). SPECIMENS  OF
         AMERICAN  POETRY,  WITH  CRITICAL AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES.
         Boston:  S. G. Goodrich 1829. First Edition. Three volumes in
         contemporary  half  black  morocco. Sabin  37655;  BAL  3251.
         Containing  work by 188 American poets from Cotton Mather  to
         Whittier,  most now all but forgotten, this anthology was  an
         early attempt  to "rescue from oblivion the efforts of native
         genius"  and  to establish a national literature. At the  end
         of Volume  3  is a 14-page descriptive catalogue of  American
         poetry  which cites Poe's TAMERLANE, published only two years
         before,  the  first work to mention that title.  Other  poets
         included  are Sarah Josepha Hale, William Cullen Bryant,  and
         Henry Wadsworth  Longfellow  (this appearance  preceding  his
         first book,  as  does  Whittier's).  Some  light  rubbing  to
         bindings.  Old  waterstain to bottom margin of the first  ten
         or so pages  of  the  third volume. A Near Fine  copy  of  an
         important anthology.                                  $750.00

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