Author: COLLINS, WILLIAM; SAMUEL JOHNSON
Title: The Poetical Works of William Collins; with Commentary of Langhorne. To Which Is Prefixed Some Account of the Life of Collins Written by Dr. Johnson
Description: London: John Sharpe, 1804. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Richard Westall. Publisher's full calf, professionally rebacked, marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with engravings after Richard Westall. William Collins (1721-1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow.. Professionally rebacked. Former owner's name and four lines of poetry written on first preliminary page, otherwise unmarked, tight, clean, and square. VERY GOOD. Engravings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 144 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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