Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. London: For J. Wright, Piccadilly, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801.
Fourth edition.
Quarto [ix], 2-256 pp. Contemporary full sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with a sunburst device, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; joints repaired, front joint cracked but still solid, light browning to first page of text, light scattered spotting to a few leaves. Still a very good, wide-margined copy, from the library of Charles Palmer, with his ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 1803, and with his armorial bookplate.
Fourth edition of this book of poetry taken from the Anti-Jacobin (1797-1798), a popular weekly journal that combined politics, polemics, and satire. Edited by William Gifford and featuring frequent contributions by George Canning, George Ellis, and John Hookham Frere, the journal was perhaps best known for its weekly 'Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin' section, which took aim at British politicians and writers. "[This section] was immediately recognized, with its verve and panache, as the most innovative part of the magazine and was collected and edited by Gifford in 1799 as the Poetry of the AntiJacobin [sic], a volume which remains a hugely important document in the development of English parody."
William Gifford (1756-1826) was a British poet, critic, and satirist, who went on to become editor of the Quarterly Review (1809-1824).
George Canning (1770-1827), who helped found the journal, was a politician and parodist who served briefly as Prime Minister from April to August of 1827.
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Derek Beales, ‘Canning, George (1770–1827)’; John Strachan, ‘Gifford, William (1756–1826)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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