Poems. By the late Josias Lyndon Arnold, Esq; of St. Johnsbury (Vermont) formerly of Providence and a tutor in Rhode-Island College

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Providence: Printed . by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book-Store, opposite the Market, 1797. First Edition. 12mo; disbound; xii,[13]-141,[1]pp. ([A]6 B-M6, collated and complete with half title page); ornamental head- and tail-pieces. Lacking boards, paper spine remnants only, first two gatherings separated but present, else a Good, internally sound example. Poetry collection by the late Josias Lyndon Arnold, who died prematurely at the age of twenty-eight the previous year. The promise of genius is somewhat tempered by James Burrill's introduction: "Many of his poems were left in an unfinished state, and many are the production of a very youthful muse. His corrections would doubtless have removed many objects of criticism" (p. vi). ESTC W2477; EVANS 31753; SABIN 2074. N° de ref. del artículo 26882

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