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Detailed Entry: Oscar Zayda, a Spanish Tale, in Three Cantos; and Other Poems, Stanzas, and Canzonets

Author(s) Oscar
Unattributed Authorship Yes
Title Zayda, a Spanish Tale, in Three Cantos; and Other Poems, Stanzas, and Canzonets
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) G. and W. B. Whittaker
Publication Date 1820
Format 10 x 17 cm.
Pagination or volumes xii + 163
Price 5/- boards
Reference MR, XCIII, 215-16
Library Trinity College Dublin
Shelfmark O.m.60.No.4.
Comment Sometimes attributed to M. L. Grimstone, but the weight of evidence is against it. "Oscar" published Zayda and a collection of poems entitled Cleone in 1821 "by the author of Zayda"; prefatory material indicates a male writer. Grimstone published a novel entitled Cleone in 1834.

This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.