Solitude, Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death

lii, 310pp, [18]pp, with engraved copperplate frontispiece and occasional further engraved copperplate illustrations In a modern library binding of green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Engraved vignette on elegant title page. 12mo. A few mild marks on cloth. Ex lending library with lending sheet on front endpaper and stamped annotations on reverse of title page. A little mild spotting on first and last few leaves, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Zimmerman’s acclaimed 18th century work regarding the cultural and societal impact of solitude.