The Seasons, to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

Hartford, Ct: Andrus & Judd, 1850. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. No publisher date, circa 1850. "Thomson" misspelled as "Thompson" on title page. Edges rubbed, margin of last few pages torn, pencil note on second blank and on rear free endpaper. 192 pp. The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726, and the completed poem cycle appeared in 1730. The poem was extremely influential, and stimulated works by Joshua Reynolds, John Christopher Smith, Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough and J.M.W. Turner.