The poetical works of Mark Akenside. With the life of the author. Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings.

People / Organizations

• Mark Akenside (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for C. Cooke; and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, [1800]

Publication year

1800-1800

ESTC No.

T87424

Grub Street ID

307471

Description

[2],263,[1],2,[2]p.,plates : port. ; 12⁰

Note

Engraved titlepage reads: 'Akenside's poems, forming part of Cooke's pocket edition of .. select British poets, ..' and is dated: Sepr. 7. 1799.

The plates are dated between 1795 and 1800.

With an additional letterpress titlepage and two final advertisement leaves.

Sig. Y is known as cancel gathering, indicated in the variant copy by the press figure 4 on sig. Y1 recto and by the owl ornament on sig. Y3 recto.