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[Peacock, Thomas Love]
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Description
- Sir Proteus: A Satirical Ballad. By P. M. O'Donovan. London: Printed for T. Hookham, Junr. and E. T. Hookham, 1814
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (7 x 4 3/8 in.; 177 x 116 mm, uncut). Half-title, dedication leaf; some light soiling. Publisher's printed blue boards; spine repaired, some soiling. Blue buckram clamshell case.
Provenance
Thomas Jefferson Hogg (presentation iinscription)
Literature
Cambridge Bibliography 3:701
Catalogue Note
First edition. Presentation copy. The copy is signed and dated by 1814 by Thomas Jefferson Hogg on the front free endpaper and directly below Peacock has inscribed "from the Author." Hogg was a close friend of both Shelley and Peacock. The poem is dedicated to Lord Byron.