Remarks on Mr. Mason's Elfrida, in Letters to a Friend…
by [Nevile, Thomas]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson…S. Draper…J. Robertson… 1752 First and only edition. A rare example of eighteenth-century literary (as opposed to moral or political) criticism addressed to a single work by a living contemporary. . New marbled boards. . Octavo. Very good. William Mason (1725-97) was a friend of Thomas Gray and Horace Walpole, and he had lengthy correspondence with both. He became Gray's literary executor and edited his poems and letters, and wrote his life. His own works include Elfrida (1751), Caractacus (1759), and The English Garden (four volumes, 1771-81), which expresses his enthusiasm for the picturesque. Warburton and Boswell were among the admirers of Elfrida, "written on the model of the ancient Greek tragedy," though Johnson found in it only "now and then some good imitations of Milton's bad manner." This work has also been attributed to David Mallet.
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- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13223
- Title
- Remarks on Mr. Mason's Elfrida, in Letters to a Friend…
- Author
- [Nevile, Thomas]
- Format/Binding
- New marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First and only edition. A rare example of eighteenth-century lit
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J. and R. Tonson…S. Draper…J. Robertson…
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1752
- Pages
- 61 pp
- Size
- Octavo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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