Author: Dryden, John
Title: Sylvae: Or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies
Description: London, Scolar Press, (1973). reprint. orig.cloth. 21x15cm, (5),(351) pp, A facsimile reprint of the 1685 edition.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Consists of a 5-page preface by James Kinsley + facsimile reprint of the 1 685 edition. Pagination runs [5], [40], 168, 353-494, [2] pp. Second in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson, 1684-1709, containing many contributions by Dryden, Addison, Pope and Prior. The first appeared as " Miscellany poems" the 5 later volumes under various titles. This volume contains translations from Virgil. Lucretius, Theocritus and Horace, mainly by Dryden, and a long preface by him.

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