Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books
- Portland: Thomas B. Wait, 1805
Portland: Thomas B. Wait, 1805. Very Good. Portland: Thomas B. Wait, 1805. Slim octavo; contemporary black sheep-backed marbled boards, gilt spine; viii,84pp. Boards and leather rather rubbed with some brief loss of paper to upper cover, preliminaries quite foxed, else Near Very Good, internally Near Fine.
Didactic poem first published in 1744, the year the author traveled to Leiden to earn a medical degree. This edition issued by Thomas Baker Wait, the publisher of Maine's first newspaper, the Falmouth Gazette (1785). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7842.
Didactic poem first published in 1744, the year the author traveled to Leiden to earn a medical degree. This edition issued by Thomas Baker Wait, the publisher of Maine's first newspaper, the Falmouth Gazette (1785). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 7842.
Details
Title
Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books
Author
Dr. [Mark] Akenside
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Thomas B. Wait: Portland
Date
1805