1837 · Boston
by THATCHER, B[enjamin] B[usey] (ed.)
8vo. 360 pp. Engraved title and additional printed title. Original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, title and date in gilt on spine, binding in exquisite condition; some browning and spotting.
First edition of the second of four anthologies under this title (the others being published in 1836, 1841 and 1850). Thatcher (1809-1840), although a lawyer like his father (who was also a representative to Congress from Massachusetts), devoted himself to literature, contributing several articles to journals critiquing American poets. Here he includes original works of poetry and literature by Edward Everett, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Richard Dana, John Greenleaf (truncated)
First edition of the second of four anthologies under this title (the others being published in 1836, 1841 and 1850). Thatcher (1809-1840), although a lawyer like his father (who was also a representative to Congress from Massachusetts), devoted himself to literature, contributing several articles to journals critiquing American poets. Here he includes original works of poetry and literature by Edward Everett, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Richard Dana, John Greenleaf (truncated)