Author: Momus, Jun., [Freneau, Philip Morin, pseud.]
Title: The Cabinet of Momus; a Choice Selection of Humourous Poems, from P. Pindar, Freneau, Ladd, Swift, Dibdin, Pitt, &C. , &C. Embellished with Six Engravings. Copy Right Secured
Description: Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, 1809. First edition. Full calf with red morocco spine label, gilt title and rules to spine. viii, 136 pp. Illus. with 6 engraved b/w plates. 12mo. Lacking bottom half of pp. 105-6 which is provided in reproduction. Not in Paltsits. Scarce. Last auctioned at Christie's, Nov. 18, 1988, lot 282. Shaw & Shoemaker 17136; BAL, vol. 3, p. 253. Boards rubbed, a few small splits to the joints, occasional scattered foxing, binding firm, a good copy but for the missing portion.

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