THE MINE: a dramatic poem. The second edition. To which are added, Two Historic Odes.

SARGENT, John.

Published by London: printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, 1788

About this Item

Small 8vo, frontispiece and pp. xvii, [i], 120; with four plates (all rather foxed); contemporary mottled calf gilt, a bit rubbed, later label on spine. Second edition, but first edition with the added plates and also with the two additional poems at the end. In this edition, the prose notes are printed at the end of the poem rather than as footnotes. John Sargent (1750-1831) was better known in his day as a politician, and also as director of the Bank of England, but as he was a friend of William Hayley it was almost inevitable that he should have tried his hand at poetry. This well-informed dramatic poem, set in Hungary and featuring three prisoners immured there, as well as Goblins and other 'subterranean spirits', was reprinted twice, again in 1796. It seems to have been based on Sargent's own travels in Germany, Hungary and Italy in the early 1770s. Provenance. Early inscription on endpaper of Elizabeth Palmer, 1820.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MINE: a dramatic poem. The second edition. To which are added, Two Historic Odes.
• Publisher: London: printed for T. Cadell in the Strand
• Publication Date: 1788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry