Essays on song-writing: with a collection of such English songs as are most eminent for poetical merit. To which are added, some original pieces by John Aikin - 2010-05-28

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London: R.H. Evans, 1810. hardcover. near fine. Title page vignette. xxviii, 352pp. Short 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th century tan polished calf (a bit rubbed); marbled page edges. London: Printed for R.H. Evans, 1810. A New Edition with Additions and Corrections, and a Supplement by R. H. Evans.<br/><br/> A work first published in 1772, by the Scottish physician and author, the brother of Anna Letitia Barbauld. "Aikin is better known as a man of letters than as a physician. His elegant scholarship gave a natural polish to all that he wrote." --DNB 1, 186.<br/><br/>

Warrington: Printed By William Eyres, For Joseph Johnson, 1774., 1774. 8vo. pp. xix, 286 modern quarter calf over older cloth sides (some modest foxing throughout). Second Edition (first: 1772) of this scholarly examination of song-writing and pastoral poetry by the English physician and man of letters. "[Aikin’s] elegant scholarship gave a natural polish to all that he wrote, and his varied attainments, as well as his moral uprightness, earned him many friends, among whom were Dr. Priestley, Pennant, the naturalist, Dr. Darwin, James Montgomery, John Howard, the philanthopist, and, for a time, the poet, Southey." (DNB) NCBEL II 23.. Hardcover.