A Poetical Descant on the Primeval and Present State of Mankind; or, The Pilgrim's Muse.
Winchester, Va. J. Foster, Printer, 1816. First edition. Small 8vo, original sheep, red leather label, gilt lettering, 219, [1] pages. An eccentric book-length poem from Elder Joseph Thomas (1791-1835), the wide-ranging charismatic North Carolina itinerant preacher, known as the White Pilgrim for his habit of attiring himself in white apparel..... More