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A Complete Set of the Five Seatonian Prize Poems by Christopher Smart, 1750-1756, viz: On the Eternity of the Supreme Being, A Poetical Essay; On the Immensity of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay; On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being, A Poetical Essay; On the Power of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay; On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay
by [SMART, CHRISTOPHER]
- Used
- Condition
- Fine, large copies, enclosed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Complete sets in such fine condition are uncommon in the trade
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1753-56, 1753. Third edition; second edition; second edition; first edition; first edition (respectively). ESTC: T118047; T107185; T10788; T107187; T43252; NCBEL II, 590; cf. Rothschild 1865. Fine, large copies, enclosed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Complete sets in such fine condition are uncommon in the trade.. Five parts, 4to, modern gray wrappers period style, stitched. Final leaf of advertisements present in four parts, as called for in ESTC. The famous Seatonian Prize Poems, an annual award that commenced in 1750 with the bequest of clergyman Thomas Seaton (1684-1741), who dictated that the prize be awarded to the best poem in English on the subject of the supreme being. Christopher Smart (1722-71), then a student at Cambridge, won the prize the first five out of six years.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25598
- Title
- A Complete Set of the Five Seatonian Prize Poems by Christopher Smart, 1750-1756, viz: On the Eternity of the Supreme Being, A Poetical Essay; On the Immensity of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay; On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being, A Poetical Essay; On the Power of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay; On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay
- Author
- [SMART, CHRISTOPHER]
- Format/Binding
- ESTC: T118047; T107185; T10788; T107187; T43252; NCBEL II, 590; cf. Rothschild 1865
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, large copies, enclosed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Complete sets in such fine condition are uncommon in the trade
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition; second edition; second edition; first edition; fi
- Publisher
- Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1753-56
- Date Published
- 1753
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