1832 LIFE OF MARK AKENSIDE ENGLISH POET AND PHYSICIAN

on the
life, writings, and genius
of
akenside
with some accounts of his friends
by
charles buCke

london
1832
first edition

Mark Akenside 1721-1770 English poet, classicist, and physician to the Queen. One of the minor members of the Graveyard school, born at Newcastle Upon Tyne, he is best known for his poem "The Pleasures Of Imagination, written in blank verse derived from Milton's, it was modelled on the Roman poets.

This work is complete with engraved frontispiece portrait and a total of 312 page.

Condition
Antique binding with leather spine and corners, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, binding has some wear, frontispiece engraving has tape repair (not affecting image), pages have some browning and foxing, a solid binding.
Size is 7½ by 4¾ inches.

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