THE PARADISE OF COQUETTES,; a poem in nine parts.
Philadelphia: M. Carey and Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1816. First American edn. 12mo, pp. 201. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, black morocco label on spine, some moderate wear and foxing, a very good tight copy. Library Company Duplicate. Shaw & Shoemaker 37103. Item #33547
Brown (1778-1820), a Scot, is best known for his "Observations on the Nature and Tendency of Mr. Hume's Doctrine Concerning the Relation of Cause and Effect" [Edinburgh, 1804.] One contemporary reviewer wrote of Brown: "Neither Bacon, nor Hobbes, nor Berkeley, nor Locke, possessed powers of mind so splendid and so various". Brown's wrote poetry an early age, writing during leisure moments snatched from law and medical studies, Brown's medical practice was based in Edinburgh. Paradise was declared "the best and most brilliant imitation of Pope that has appeared since the time of the great writer..." (Allibone III, p. 260).
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