Basil: Printed for John Shweighauser, 1769. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Beautifully typeset and printed copy of Thomson's poem of 1726-1730 in 1769 by a young Johann Scweighauser (1742 - 1830), French classical scholar. Thomson (1700 - 1748) was a was a Scottish poet and playwright, best known for the poems..... More