1771 · Glasgow
by Denham, John
Glasgow: printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1771. 12mo, pp. [8], 240, [4]; contemporary tan calf, gilt decorated spine in 5 compartments; spine label perished but impression readable, joints and spine rubbed, 1857 signature on free endpaper; good. The first poem of the collection, Cooper's Hill, is the "first example in English of a poem devoted to local description." (Cousin, Biographical Dictionary). Gaskell 524.
(Inventory #: 48909)