The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq; A Celebrated Poet In The Reigns Of Queen Elizabeth, King James I, And Charles I

Michael Drayton

London : Printed by J. Hughs, and sold by R. Dodsley ; J. Jolliffe ; and W. Reeve, 1748

Folio. Second state. 490 pp. including appendix. Original calf leather, rebacked in modern leather. Six raised bands, red leather spine label. Rehinged. Bookplate. Wear to edges. Scattered foxing, minor toning.

Michael Drayton was an English poet, the first to write odes in English in the manner of Horace. his most ambitious work, Poly-Olbion (1612), in which he intended to record comprehensively the Elizabethan discovery of England: the beauty of the countryside, the romantic fascination of ruined abbeys, its history, legend, and present life. He produced a second part in 1622. Written in alexandrines (12-syllable lines), Poly-Olbion is among the longest poems in English.

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