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Logan, John A Dissertation on the Governments, Manners and Spirit, of Asia. Printed for J....
A Dissertation on the Governments, Manners and Spirit, of Asia. Printed for J. Murray et al, 1787.
Bound with [Moss, Thomas]
Poems on Several Occasions. Wolverhampton: Printed and sold by G. Smart et al, 1769. 4to, calf-backed marbled boards, speckled edges; pp. 27, [1], [4], 61, [1].
Logan was an eminent Scottish poet and occasional actor, which was unfortunate for its effect on his Presbyterian congregation. He was appointed to the living of South Leith and was involved with the General Assembly's revising of the psalmody. He lectured as well, and this essay was first delivered in St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh and taken down by William Chawner because of the 'high approbation which they met with, from a learned and respectable audience'. His odd ways, drinking, and dabbling with stagecraft finally alienated him from his parishoners in 1786. He is perhaps mostly remembered today for the plagarism controversy which arose over the authorship of 'Ode to a Cuckoo'.
Moss was also a Minister, but seems to have better integrated it with the Cloth. This collection of juvenalia was published at the behest of friends and contains the 'Beggar's Petition', then highly popular.
ESTC T34663 for Logan; T42629 for Moss (with final 'Advertisement' leaf bound after title).
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200
. Rubbing and bumping to binding, occasional slight foxing internally but very good.
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