12mo. In two volumes. [8], cvii, 156, [2]; [4], 275pp, [5]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, marked. Armorial bookplates of Hastings to both FEPS, armorial bookplates of Oliver Brett to both FFEPs, manuscript note and shelf-mark to front endpapers of Vol. I, dampstaining to initial four gatherings of Vol. I, occasional pencilled annotations, scattered spotting.

The first Irish edition of these collected works by English poet Richard Savage (1697-1743), best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's Life of Savage, originally published anonymously in 1744. Savage's literary fame would be widely overshadowed by a murder conviction in 1727, after he stabbed both a maid and one James Sinclair during a brawl in a coffeehouse.