Various Pieces in Verse and Prose (1791)
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Various Pieces in Verse and Prose (1791)
by Nathaniel Cotton
Full Title: Various Pieces in Verse and Prose. Many of Which Were Never Before Published.
7 ½ x 4 ½. In English. Published by J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, London, 1791. FIRST Collected Edition. Two Volumes. Complete. Classic prose in early modern English on handmade paper. Two beautiful, full leather cover designs with marble detail to boards. Pretty gold Harp/Trumpet binding. Maroon and black labels. Minor wear to extremities. Renewed spine labels, missing a little to surface near ends of spine/some gold added. In very good overall condition. New to our inventory. Detailed condition report coming soon. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
Nathaniel Cotton (1707 – 1788) was an English physician and poet. He specialized in the care of patients with mental health issues, maintaining an asylum known as the Collegium Insanorum, at St Albans. William Cowper was one of his patients, held Cotton in high regard. Cotton was also a published poet, whose poems were described by Cheever as "full of good sense, benevolence, and piety" although not works of genius.
Price: $225
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Inventory Number: 26098
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