12mo. [2], xvi, 284pp, [2]. Contemporary full gilt-tooled red morocco. All edges gilt. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Slight wear to spine and very slight marking to upper board but otherwise excellent condition.

Barry Cornwall, pseudonym of Bryan Waller Proctor (1787-1884), English poet and dedicatee of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. This collection of melodious lyrics was written just before he became 'altogether abandoned to law', working as a commissioner of lunacy. Divided into two parts, the songs were intended to bring a decidedly 'English' character to a genre traditionally dominated by Scottish poets.