THE

SEASONS.

BY

JAMES THOMSON.

PARMA

PRINTED BY BODONI

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BIBLIOTHECA

REGLA

MONACENSIS.

Το

David Steuart

Esquire of Cardneys
Late Lord Provost

of the City of Edinburg

Sir

Convinced that the works of Fancy and Imagination have a peculiar claim to typographical beauty and elegance, I have of

late almost entirely dedicated my labours to splendid editions of the most celebrated Poets of every age and in every language.

Amongst these your countryman James Thomson occupies a distinguish'd place, and in printing this Edition of the Seasons Javail myself with infinite satisfaction of the spontaneous offer of your patronage to introduce it to the Men of Taste and Letters in Britain. If I particularly wish immortality to any of my works it is to this, that the testimony of my respect and gratitude for a person of so much worth and eminence may be handed down to future ages,

and remain a monument of my ardent wish to extend the fame of my Press, and of your Liberality in not confining your protection to the Printers of your own country.

I have the honor to be

Sir

your most obliged and most humble Servant

J. B. Bodoni