Removed
1758 · London
by Whitehead, William
London: R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row, 1758. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, edges faintly browned, a few minor creases, impressions sharp.. 1, [1] pp. Engraved head and tail pieces. Sm. 4to. Price following imprint in square brackets: Price Six-pence. "In 1757 Whitehead, rather by default, was appointed poet laureate....In 1758 Whitehead published Verses to the People of England, in his laureate vein, seeing the role of the poet to 'wake with verse the hardy deed'," ( (Rosemary Scott, ODNB/29294). Uncommon in the trade. Only one at auction since 1934 according to Rarebook Hub and ABPC. ESTC T50726. (Inventory #: 43627)