Sylvia, or, The May queen : a lyrical drama / by George Darley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darley, George, 1795-1846.

Contributor:

Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairies.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Barlow, A. (autograph, December, 1909)

Darley, George, 1795-1846 (autograph, 25 Jan. 1841)

Coleridge, Henry Nelson, 1798-1843 (inscription, 25 Jan. 1841)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 217 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Sylvia

May queen

Place of Publication:

London : Published for John Taylor, by James Duncan : And sold by J.A. Hessey, and John Hatchard and Son, 1827.

Notes:

"The present work is founded, in some measure, on a trifling story, "Lilian of the Vale," which the Author published not many years since."--Preface, p. [v].

With half-title.

"London: printed by Thomas Davison"--Verso of half-title and colophon.

Errata on p. [viii].

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

Ms. letter tipped in from George Darley to Henry Nelson Coleridge (dated 25 Jan. 1841) that was included with a presentation copy of Ethelstan.

Bound in full morocco with gold-tooled borders, spine and turn-ins; title stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; gilt edges. Binding signed: Bain. Binder.

Cited in:

Hayward 240

NCBEL v.3, col. 376

OCLC:

19715297