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Author

Robinson, Mary (1758-1800).

Title

Picture of Palermo. By Dr. Hagar. Translated from the German by Mrs. Mary Robinson. 1^st ed. in English

Imprint

London : Printed for R. Phillips, 1800.

Physical description

12mo,vi,159pp., engraved title, rebound in contemporary style boards, printed label. First edition in English, first published in Berlin a year earlier and here translated by the poet, novelist, actress and celebrated beauty Mary Robinson, known otherwise as "Perdita."

Citation

Not in Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women; multiple copies in Worldcat.

Call number

WPRP 84.

Notes

Includes Advertisement.

Epigraph

Know’st thou the Land where Citrons scent the gale,

Where glows the Orange in the golden Vale,

Where softer Breezes fan the azure Skies,

Where Myrtles spring, and prouder Laurels rise.

 

Goethe

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