1817 Rare Edition ~ Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality by Edward Young.
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Author: Edward Young.
Title: Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality to Which is added A Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job And The Last Day, A Poem by Edward Young, L.L.D.
Publisher: London, Suttaby, Evance & Fox, 1817.
Language: Text in English.
Size: Small 5" X 3".
Pages: viii-300 + index.
Binding: Attractive and very good dark green full morocco leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges marbled.
Content: Very good content (tight, some light foxing, toning, or staining - as shown, some erasable light pencil underlining and sidelining from a previous owner - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the nice frontispiece illustration and the title page with a vignette of emblems of mortality (skull, snake, scythe, hourglass).
Estimation: (USD 150 - USD 250).
The book: A rare and attractive 1817 edition of "Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality" by Edward Young, along with "A Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job" and "The Last Day," published by Suttaby, Evance & Fox, London.
The author: Edward Young (1683–1765) was an English poet, best known for "Night Thoughts." He was noted for his dramatic and emotive writing style, which captured the spiritual and philosophical concerns of his era.