The Poems of Mark Akenside, M.D.
Dublin: James Williams, 1772. First Dublin edition. Hardcover. Represents his complete works, poems titled: The Pleasures of Imagination, Odes on Several Subjects, Hymn to the Naiads. Edited by Jeremiah Dyson, Akenside’s lifelong friend. Akenside, a butcher’s son who originally studied theology before switching to medicine, rose to prominence as a physician and a poet. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and served at St. Thomas’s Hospital. Disbound 12mo. viii, 288 pp. lacking front board. Little brown spoted in text, signature of early owner cut from top of title page ( not affect title). First Dublin edition of this collection, printed in London the same year. Disbound 12mo. viii, 288 pp. lacking front board. Little brown spotted in text, signature of early owner cut from top of title page ( not affect title). Good + overall. Item #21149
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