Author: Bramston, James
Title: The Man Of Taste. Occasion'd By An Epistle Of Mr Pope's On That Subject
Description: Printed by J Wright, for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, 1733, 1st edition. Disbound, G. 19+1pp, engraved frontis on the verso of the half title, crease at the centre of the pages where the book has been folded for many years, half title grubby, last leaf is very worn with large worm holes at the centre of the page almost removing the tailpiece engraving, consequently the adverts for other Gilliver books on pp20 is missing text in the centre of the page affecting 12 lines, bottom corner of the last page also missing, small hole in page 17-18 with the loss of 2 characters on each page, bottom edge of the page wormed with loss, a wide margined copy, particularly the bottom edge. A fair copy. Disbound , no dustjacket. ¶ Early impression of Bramston's poem, with the advert for 'The Art of Politicks' at the base of the title. A satirical poem, in the manner of Pope, is in 'heroic couplets, was occasioned by Pope's Epistle to Burlington and satirizes the targets Pope would attack in his New Dunciad' [DNB]. Taste was Bramston's second satire - in 1729 his The Art of Politicks had been published which was in the style of Horace, Pope had praised this work _ Bramston repaid his generosity. James Bramston [ 1694 - 1744 ] poet & clergyman.

Keywords: satire, literature, poetry, poems