The Art of Preserving Health: A Poem.
London: Millar, 1765. 99 pages. 12mo, re-covered in modern wrappers. London: Printed for A. Miller, in the Strand. 1765. Good (+). "In the class of poetry to which it belongs, the Art of Preserving Health holds a distinguished place. No writer of the eighteenth century had so masterful a grasp of blank verse as is shown in parts of this poem. The powerful passage descriptive of the plague (book iii) has been highly praised." -- DNB I, 567. Foxon A296..... More

