8vo. [2], 42pp. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed and dulled, loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp.

A provincially published collection of verse, in original state, by Suffolk artist John Hugman (bap. 1770, d. 1846), including topical poems from the time of the Napoleonic Wars: 'On the greatness and fall of Buonaparte. As recited by the Author at a public dinner, April 18, 1814' and 'Monody on the death of the ever to be lamented Lord Nelson, Recited by the Author at a Public Dinner'. A seventeenth edition appeared by 1835.

All editions are scarce. COPAC and OCLC record a single copy of this eighth edition (BL).