Author: Rev. George Gilfillan (Ed)
Title: The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton. With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan
Description: Edinburgh; London; Dublin, James Nichols; James Nisbet and Co; W. Robertson, 1854. Leather. A collection of poetical works by three notable poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, with additional material by Rev. George Gilfillan. Featuring of the works of Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins and Thomas Warton. With a short biography of each poet, critical dissertations and explanatory notes by Rev. George Gilfillan. George Gilfillan was a poet in his own right, who edited and wrote numerous volumes on early British poets. The work of William Collins are split under the headings: Oriental Eclogues, Ode, Description and Allegorical, Miscellaneous Piece. Warton's poems are under the titles: Miscellaneous Pieces, Inscriptions, Translation and Paraphrases, Odes, Sonnets, Humorous Pieces. With numerous poems by Oliver Goldsmith, including The Deserted Village, The Hermit, The Double Transformation, A New Simile, Stanzas on Woman etc. A lovely example of these 18th and 19th century poets. In a full morocco binding. Externally generally smart. Rubbed to the head and tail of the spine, with rubbing also to the raised bands and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good .

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