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[YOUNG, Edward]. Love and fame, the universal passion in Seven Characteristical satires.

London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1752. Fifth edition.
12mo. 144pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Edward Greathed and later typed bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered spotting.
A mid-eighteenth century edition of Edward Young's (bap. 1683, d. 1765) seven verse satires entitled The Universal Passion, initially published in separate folios between January 1725 and February 1728, revised and collected as Love of Fame in 1728.
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref: 27329