The Works of James Thomson with his last corrections and improvements to which is prefixed an account of his life and writings.

Thomson, James:

Verlag: Dublin: Printed for R. Bell in Capel Street and Charles Brown in Parliament Street 1764.

Beschreibung

Two volumes bound as one. 449 pp. 17.5 x 10 cm. Engraved frontispiece portrait and four other copperplate engravings illustrating The Seasons, "I.Ridge Sculpt." Includes: The Seasons, Poems on several occasions, Brittania, Liberty, The Castle of Indolence a poem to the memory of Lord Talbot, and a poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton. In contemporary calf with six panelled spine, raised bands, gilt ruling and panel devices, modern gold-blocked spine label. Internally tight, bright and in very good condition. Bears a stamp with crest of F.M. Ancketill, a County Down landowner, on the ffep. The first Contents page lists all of the contents, for both volumes: a second Contents page, neither paginated nor included in the general pagination, follows page 230, and lists the contents of the second volume. This Dublin edition is not listed in Copac, and there seems to be no copy in NLI. A later English edition is listed in Copac, so this earlier Dublin printing may be unrecorded(?). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12615

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Works of James Thomson with his last ...

Verlag: Dublin: Printed for R. Bell in Capel Street and Charles Brown in Parliament Street 1764.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good