This is the author\'s earliest work, and is said to have been modelled on Robert Boyle\'s Occasional Reflexions on Various Subjects; within fourteen years it had passed through as many editions. The sombre and sweeping tone of his Meditations Among The Tombs (for example, \"the dreadful pleasure inspired by gazing at fallen monuments and mouldering tombs\") has led to his being placed amongst the 18th Century \'Graveyard School\' of poets, rendering his work an important influence on Horace Walpole\'s \'The Castle of Otranto\' of 1764 and consequently, the entire genre of Gothic Literature and the later Romanticism which the genre fuelled.Fair condition. No highlighting or other notes. Foxing throughout, especially on ffep and title page. Original cover with strong back hinge but it is starting to become detached from spine. Hence low price for this scarce item.