Written in Scotland and South Africa
First edition: 220 pages, foxing throughout, full leather which is very worn - the front board is detached, red title label gilt on the spine, a good copy.
On the front paste- down end paper is a pasted in label : Glen- Lynden Library no 163. presented by Mrs Thomas Pringle Nov 5 1828
Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography, Volume 2 page 186: The first published collection of Pringle 's poetical works. The Scottish poems were written before the poet's departure for Africa, and copious notes, especially on the South African subjects, are annexed. Many contemporary authors, Coleridge among the number, greatly commended the little volume, which is unique in its poetical description of scenes in South Africa, about which little was known up to the time of the publication of the volume.
- Overall Condition: A Good Copy
- Size: 12mo (180 x110mm)
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