The Centaur Not Fabulous

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  • hardcover
  • London: Millar, 1755
By (YOUNG, Edward)
London: Millar, 1755. hardcover. good. In six Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue. Engraved frontispiece. 384 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf (rubbed, front cover detached, tear in title page neatly repaired, internally clean), ornately gilt spine, 1/2 leather slipcase. London: A. Millar, 1755. Second Edition. Good.

The poetry of Edward Young (1683-1765) "had very remarkable influence in France and Germany. Klopstock wrote a poem upon his death, and he was considered by other German Writers to be superior to Milton." DNB XXI, p.1287. Brunet IV, p. 3021. Halkett & Laing I, p. 308.


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