Quarto. xi, [1], 131pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, surface loss to boards, upper joint starting, lettering-piece partially detached. Armorial bookplate of the Cranstoun Clan of Corehouse to FEP. Staining to edges of endpapers, occasional light scattered spotting.


is this rebacked?

An early nineteenth century edition of The Pleasures of Hope; first published in 1799, the didactic poem marked the debut of Glaswegian poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844). Published six months after Lyrical Ballads, Campbell chose to subvert the placid and sentimental tone of Samuel Rogers' The Pleasures of Memory (1792) in a sequence of vivacious, inspiring verse. It found immediate critical acclaim and commercial success, leading Campbell to be dubbed the 'Scottish Milton'.