The cottage-girl. A poem. Comprising her several avocations during the four seasons of the year. By H. C. Esq. Author of “The fisher-boy” and “sailor-boy.”

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12mo. pp. ix, [4], 14-115. Signatures: [pi]1 [A]4 [B]4 C-H8. Original boards; inscribed on title ‘with the Authors best regards to his friend Captn. Codd’, and with authorial pen corrections on p. 83. The loosely inserted frontispiece engraving engraved by W. Bond after a drawing of E. Bird, dated 10 December 1809, is possibly a proof. Inexplicably rare poem by the former Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland (1775-1835). Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.