TRANSLATIONS AND POEMS WRITTEN ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS by Irish POET Samuel Boyse POEMS & Translations Ireland DUBLIN JOURNAL etc First Edition 1731

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Published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1731 this is the very scarce First Edition of this collection of poetry and translations by the Irish Poet Samuel Boyse Samuel Boyse (1702-1749) was an Irish poet and writer who worked for Sir Robert Walpole and whose religious verses in particular were prized and reprinted in his time. Born in Dublin, Boyse was the son of Joseph Boyse, a Presbyterian minister. He studied in Dublin, then Glasgow University; he had no profession other than writer, a career which took him to Edinburgh and London. He married at the age of 20. Boyse "had many brilliant opportunities for advancement, all of which he wasted by almost inexplicable recklessness", according to William Lloyd Phelps. "Debts at length drove him from Edinburgh. He often had to beg for the smallest coins, and wrote verses in bed to obtain money for clothes and food.". Boyse became a regular contributor to Gentleman's Magazine, where he wrote under the pen names "Alcaeus" and "Y". Boyse was patronised by Sir Robert Walpole, but later fell into poverty during the latter part of his life. He was sometimes regarded as dissolute, sometimes as insane. His religious verse was valued, and his poetry was collected and reprinted. He died of consumption, although the circumstances of his death have been disputed THE BOOK the book is bound in an old quarter leather binding, internally has a main title page, but a number of the pieces within have their own title pages with continuous pagination throughout, there is a list of subscribers to the front, includes many of the landed gentry, many members of the Stuart family, Dublin Merchants and Booksellers, etc, the separately titled pieces include Emilia or Poems Sacred to Conjugal Love, The Dublin Journal, The Tabulate of Cebes the Theban the Platonic Philosopher the head and tail pieces have been coloured by hand, but it is evident that this was done very early on, possibly by Thomas Fenton who came into possession of the book in 1747 with his inscription and bookplate to front endpapers. CONDITION the binding is rubbed and worn at edges but otherwise in solid condition, internally mentioned inscriptions and bookplate to front endpapers the book is mildly ex-library with the stamp of Reading Public Libraries to reverse of title page and a catalogue number to base of spine, there are no further library marks within some noticeable handling marks to a number of pages, and an ink stain the just touches the lower edges of a few pages, lacks rear blank endpaper else in good acceptable condition A GENERALLY VERY ACCEPTABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY HARD TO FIND FIRST EDITION BY THE IRISH POET SAMUEL BOYSE. N° de ref. del artículo 002072

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