BROWNE, Isaac Hawkins.

The Immortality of the Soul. A Poem. Translated from the Latin of... by William Hay.

London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1754. First edition thus, small 4to, viii, 40 pp. Some light foxing, old signature to title. Recent black quarter calf, marbled boards. A celebrated work first published in the same year as "De Animi Immortalitate". Browne's meagre output is not matched by his reputation; Johnson describing him as "one of the first wits of the country, [who] got into Parliament and never opened his mouth". William Hay was M.P. for Seaford and lived at Glyndebourne, producing a number of essays, poems and translations. Item #16972

Price: £140.00