Jeremiah dyson ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A wonderful first collected edition of this posthumous poetry anthology of the works of Mark Akenside. The first collected edition of Akenside's works in octavo. Published simultaneously with a quarto edition. Rebound in modern paper covered boards with the original rear paper wrap and blanks retained and archivally repared. Printed as part of a print run of 1000 copies by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols (ESTC T87425). This edition published two years after Akenside's death. Edited with lengthy notes on the verse by Akenside's friend and colleague, Right. Hon, Jeremiah Dyson. This volume containing his noteworthy verse, 'The Pleasures of Imagination', first published by Akenside in 1744 at the age of seventeen. Rebound in modern paper covered boards. Original rear paper wrap and blanks retained. Externally, very smart. Only mild soiling to paper covered boards in places. Slight bumping to extremities. Some soiling to original wrap with areas of loss, archivally repaired. Minor loss to upper extremity of front blank. Internally, generally firmly bound. Slight straining to hinge between x-16pp. Pages bright and clean. The occasional spot. Discreet ink inscription to upper title page and recto front blank. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…