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[MAURICE, THOMAS.] Richmond Hill; a descriptive and historical poem: illustrative of the principal objects viewed from that beautiful eminence. Decorated with engravings. By the author of Indian Antiquities.
London, printed by W. Bulmer and Co., for the author, and sold by William Miller, 1807. Only edition, 4to, pp. [8], xiv, [1], 166; 2 folding engraved plates of Richmond Palace and environs, 2-p. list of subscribers, lengthy preface on the history of the palace; period quarter black roan over marbled boards, rubbed and a little scuffed, but sound, text lightly foxed; good. Handsomely printed by Bulmer. Maurice (1754-1824) was an oriental scholar and historian, and assistant keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum. "Maurice was on intimate terms with many of the foremost of his contemporaries. He was an industrious student, a voluminous author, and one of the first to popularize a knowledge of the history and religions of the east; but Byron, in his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, described Maurice as 'dull' and his poem on Richmond Hill as the 'petrifactions of a plodding brain'." (DNB). Lowndes p. 1520.
Offered for US$ 312.50 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 6796