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Sun, Jan 14, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 113

JAMES THOMPSON'S 1730 POETRY IN ENGLISH THE SEASONS, ANCIENT FIRST EDITION

Estimate: $525 - $600

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Year/Century: 18th century
Language: English
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Leather
Description: James Thomson. Version 1 of The Seasons London, 1730 Five engraved plates, a hand-colored vignette, a title written in red and black, and sporadic mild toning and spotting Original calf, covers removed, spine split, rubbed, 4to: 9 by 11 1/4" James Thomson, a Scottish poet, is the author of four collections of poems titled The Seasons. Poets like Joshua Reynolds, John Christopher Smith, Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough, and J. M. W. Turner were all greatly influenced by the poem.

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