xlviii, 99pp, [5]. With four engraved plates.

[Bound with:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Sixth edition. [2], vi, 123pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[And:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Wild flowers; or, pastoral and local poetry. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. x, [2], 132pp. With five of six engraved plates (without plate to face p.57).

12mo. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, offsetting, scattered spotting.

A handsomely bound collection of early nineteenth century editions of three books by Suffolk poet Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), including his first published work, The Farmer's Boy, a pastoral poem which achieved immediate commercial success and critical acclaim, securing his reputation.