Author: HOGG, James
Title: The Pilgrims of the Sun; a Poem
Description: London & Edinburgh, John Murray and William Blackwood, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (6" x 9-1/8") bound in later 3/4 burgundy morocco leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Complete with half-title page. Dedicated, in verse, to Lord Byron. Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist. William Wordsworth's 1835 "Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg," written in the year of Hogg's death, includes the lines: The mighty Minstrel breathes no longer, 'Mid mouldering ruins low he lies; And death upon the braes of Yarrow, Has closed the Shepherd-poet's eyes. This eulogy notwithstanding, Wordsworth's noted "He was undoubtedly a man of original genius, but of coarse manners and low and offensive opinions. Pencil name of Walter Campbell on the front endpaper, contents clean and fresh; rubbing along spine edges and corners. Very Good .

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