Item #14360 The paradise of coquettes: a poem. In nine parts. THOMAS BROWN.
The paradise of coquettes: a poem. In nine parts.

The paradise of coquettes: a poem. In nine parts.

Philadelphia: M. Carey; Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1816. First American edition, 12mo, pp. 201; very good in contemporary mottled calf, black morocco label on spine, some light wear to extremities, scattered browning of endpapers and text. Brown (1778-1820), a Scot, is best known as a philosopher. His Observations on the Nature and Tendency of Mr. Hume's Doctrine Concerning the Relation of Cause and Effect, was published in Edinburgh, 1804. One contemporary reviewer wrote of Brown: ""Neither Bacon, nor Hobbes, nor Berkeley, nor Locke, possessed powers of mind so splendid and so various"". Poetry, however, was Brown's love from an early age. The product of many years of writing during leisure moments snatched from law and medical studies, Brown's medical practice, and his philosophical lectures at Edinburgh, Paradise was declared ""the best and most brilliant imitation of Pope that has appeared since the time of the great writer..."" (Allibone III, p. 260). Later reviewers, however, have referred to his poetry as ""commonplace"" and ""indifferent,"" declaring that it ""never made much impression"" (see DNB and EB-11). Shaw and Shoemaker 37103. Item #14360

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