The pursuits of literature, or what you will. A satirical poem in dialogue. With notes.
by Thomas J. (Thomas James)] [Mathias
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3 volumes in 1 8vo. ff. [2] (blank), pp. [4], 42; pp. [iii], vi-viii, 35, [1]; pp. [2], ii-iv, 40, f. [1] (blank). Calf-backed boards, gilded spine. Manuscript inscription "Somerton Erleagh" on p. [2] of cover. On the second blank verso is a manuscript note on family of Rennell, Dean of Winchester, 1798.
Second edition of the first part (originally published 1794, now ‘with a few alterations’), first editions of second and third parts. The fourth and final part did not appear until 1797 and are not present in this copy. Mathias devotes much of Part Two to the Ireland controversy surrounding the forged Shakespeare material.
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