Poems
By: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson
Published: 1782
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Notes: First edition, first state.

Signatures: [A]², a⁴, B-D⁸, E⁸, (±E6), F-H⁸, I⁸(±I6), K-2A⁸ (8vo).

This copy includes gathering 'a' (p. [i]-viii[misnumbered vii]) comprising a preface by John Newton, which was cancelled prior to publication on the grounds that it was "too pious," but subsequently restored in later editions. Cf. Russell, p. 42-43 and the enclosure by Buxton Forman citing relevant letters from Cowper's correspondence.

Errata: p. [368].

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Russell, N. William Cowper, 68

Inserted at front is Cowper's ms. review, 1 ℓ. (3p.), of Erasmus Darwin's Loves of the plants, 1793.