THOUGHTS UPON THE FOUR LAST THINGS: Death; Judgment; Heaven; Hell. A poem in four parts. Part I. Death. London: printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's church in Fleetstreet, 1734. [with:] PART II. JUDGMENT. London: printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver …. 1734. [with:] PART III. HEAVEN. London: printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver … 1735. [with:] PART IV. HELL.

[TRAPP, Joseph.]

Published by London: printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver …, 1735

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Four parts bound together, folio, pp. 28; 28; 25, [1] advertisement; 25, [1] errata, [5] notes to all four parts, [1] advertisement; lower margins trimmed a trifle close, affecting two type ornaments and a few catchwords, otherwise in good condition; in new quarter calf. First edition of Parts II-IV. There are two quite distinct printing of the first part, one of them no doubt a reprint to make up complete sets, but it has thus far been impossible to determine which came first; in this set signature C appears directly below the 'B' in 'Body', as opposed to being under the word 'the'. This was Trapp's last major publication in verse. A preliminary 'Advertisement to the Reader' expresses vividly the sense of frustration felt by high-church Tories after years of Whig ascendancy, following the Hanoverian succession: 'However dull, and trite it may be, to declaim against the Corruptions of the Age One lives in; I presume it will be allow'd me by Everybody, that all manner of Wickedness, both in Principles, and Practice, abounds among us at present to a degree unheard of in any Christian State, or Kingdom, since Christianity was in Being. We have been bad enough, God knows, ever since my Remembrance; and I have liv'd in six Reigns: but for about the twenty Years last past, the English Nation has been, and is, so prodigiously debauch'd; its very Nature and Genius so chang'd; that I scarce know it to be the English Nation, and am almost a Foreigner in my own Country.' This preface, along with a three-page list of contents, was printed at the end of Part IV, but has here been placed to follow the title-page of Part I, in accordance with a note of directions to the binder. Foxon T456, T458, T459, and T460.

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• Title: THOUGHTS UPON THE FOUR LAST THINGS: Death; Judgment; Heaven; Hell. A poem in four parts. Part I. Death. London: printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's church in Fleetstreet, 1734. [with:] PART II. JUDGMENT. London: printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver …. 1734. [with:] PART III. HEAVEN. London: printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver … 1735. [with:] PART IV. HELL.
• Publisher: London: printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver …
• Publication Date: 1735
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