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GREEN, Matthew.
The Spleen. An Epistle inscribed to his particular Friend Mr. C. J. …
London; Printed: and sold by A. Dodd … 1737.
8vo., pp. iv, 46, [2], with the terminal blank and errata slip on p. iv; a fine copy, stitched as issued, uncut, in the original blue-grey wrappers (small defect to front cover); cloth box.
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The Spleen. An Epistle inscribed to his particular Friend Mr. C. J. …
First edition of Green’s best-known poem. In witty octosyllabics he describes the activities and pleasures of a rural life as the best remedy for the spleen – which at this time meant boredom and melancholy. The poem is addressed to his friend Cuthbert Jackson. It was published shortly after Green’s death, with a brief preface by the MP and poet Richard Glover, to whom he had left his manuscripts. Foxon G283; Rothschild 1083.