The Works of James Thomson. First Edition.

The Works of James Thomson,

with his last corrections and improvements, prefixed by an account of his life and writings

First edition, complete in two volumes. With two frontispiece portraits and fourteen engraved plates. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1762. Quarto, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked to style with five raised bainds, decorations in blind, volume number in gilt, spine label titled and ruled in gilt; pp. Vol 1: frontispiece, (vii), xxiii, [7], 468; Vol 2: frontispiece, (vi), 524. Boards show wear and a bit of discoloration, areas of loss to original calf, spines remain in very nice condition. Wolferstan bookplate to front pastedowns, offsetting from plates with scattered light foxing, overall quite clean internally.