8vo. vi, [2], 102pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of oologist Henry Fraser Walter (1822-1893) to FEP. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'From the Author'.

The first published collection of poems by Church of England clergyman Robert Aris Willmott (1809-1863), initially issued in 1841. Willmott is arguably best remembered for his most popular work, Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Literature (1851), and his efforts as the editor of selections from the poetry of Wordsworth (1859), James Montgomery (1859), and Oliver Goldsmith (1860).