The pleasures of imagination. a poem. in three books
by AKENSIDE, Mark
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1754. 125pp, [3]. With a half-title and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Title page in red and black. ESTC T85417. [Bound with:] [WARTON, Thomas]. The pleasures of melancholy. A poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1747. First edition. 24pp. ESTC T42497. Quarto. Recent half-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, contemporary marbled boards. Extremities rubbed. Remnant of bookplate to FEP, single manuscript correction to text of second bound work, title page browned with short closed tear to head. An early edition of English poet and physician, Mark Akenside's (1721-1770) philosophical didactic poem, The Pleasures of Imagination (first published in 1744); together with the first edition of sometime Poet Laureate Thomas Warton's (1728-1790) first major poem, The Pleasures of Melancholy, a self-conscious imitation of Akenside's work. . [Fifth edition].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ13927
- Title
- The pleasures of imagination. a poem. in three books
- Author
- AKENSIDE, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- [Fifth edition]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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