On the beauties, harmonies, and sublimities of nature: with occasional remarks on the laws, customs, manners, and opinions of various nations. Second edition. In four volumes
London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria Lane, 1823. Second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, original blue-gray paper-covered boards, red paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; some chipping and staining, especially on the spine of volume I, but on the whole a very good, sound, and attractive set. Bookseller's ticket of "Cowing / Bookseller, printer and stationer / Barnet" on the front pastedown of each volume. Bucke (1781-1846) was a dramatist and miscellaneous writer, who published this book anonymously in 1813 in 2 volumes under the title The Philosophy of Nature. At his death he left this title "improved and enlarged" in 20 manuscript volumes. He also published, among other dramatic words, a popular tragedy, The Italians, 1819, which went through at least 8 editions owing to the fact that Edmund Kean, with whom Bucke had a famous dispute, played the part of the principal character. Lowndes, p. 304. Item #66525
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