‎MONTGOMERY, JAMES. ‎
‎The world before the flood, a poem in ten cantos; with other occasional pieces. Second edition. ‎

‎London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1813. ‎

Reference : 120475

‎12mo. III-XVI;328,(1),(3 blank) p. Calf. 17 cm (Details: Back with 3 gilt raised bands; gilt title in second compartment; other 3 compartments with blindstamped palmette cornerpieces. Both boards with tenfold blindstamped fillet borders, within blindstamped floral borders, a blindstamped wave/flood pattern in the central panel) (Condition: Cover shows wear to the extremes. Lacking the half-title before the title, with the text: 'The world before the flood, with other occasional pieces') (Note: James Montgomery, 1771-1854, was a British poet, philanthropist and campainer for humanitarian causes. He achieved some literary fame with 'The wanderer of Switzerland' in 1806, against the annexation of that country by the French. The abolishment of slavery is the theme of his 'The West Indies', published 3 years later. He created a reconstruction of the world from the creation to the Deluge in his 'The world before the flood', published in 1812. The author states in his preface that he is 'under obligation of no other authority whatever'. The work was a success, and sold more than 10000 copies) (Collation: pi-6, A4, 2A8, B4, 2B8 etc.- N4, 2N8, O2, 2O4, P4 (leaf P3 verso and leaf P4 blank) (Between the gatherings A till N there is a regular alternation in the signature of the gatherings, each gathering, signed A etc. till N numbers 4 leaves, and is immediately followed by a gathering signed 2A etc. till 2N, numbering 8 leaves)) (Photographs on request) ‎