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A fine untrimmed copy of Seward's Elegy which "was very popular at the time, but when, in 1791, the Royal Society struck a medal to honour Cook, Seward was hurt that, while those who directed 'their attention to the moths, butterflies, and curry-combs of that voyage' were given medals, she whose poetry celebrated Cook's achievement was overlooked" (ODNB). First published in 1780, this fourth edition has an amended text and is signed by the author, presumably to protect against piracy.