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Wheatley, Phillis (c. 1753-1784) "Recollection, to Miss A__ M__, Humbly Inscribed by the Authoress," as printed in The London Magazine.
London: Printed for R. Baldwin, March 1772.
Octavo, woodcut illustration of London to title, this section of the Magazine consists of pages 101-148, and is illustrated with two engravings and one folding piece of music; with Wheatley's piece published with a short biographical introduction of the poet in the "Poetical Essays" section on page 134, and preceded by a few lines of introduction written by the poet herself to the poem's recipient; Wheatley is referred to only by her first name; disbound, removed from a bound volume; 8 1/4 x 5 in.
This is the first printed edition of "Recollection," Wheatley's fourth published poem, and the first time her work was published in a magazine. Previously, her poetry only saw print in broadside, pamphlet, and newspaper form. Her book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published in London in 1773.
