Author: Elijah Fenton; Thomas Tickell; Thomas Warton
Title: The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton, Thomas Tickell and Thomas Warton
Description: London, C. Cooke, [1796]. Leather. A collection of the poetical works of three prominent British poets, in a contemporary leather binding. Elijah Fenton (1683-1730) was an English poet and translator. He assisted Alexander Pope in his renowned translation of Homer's Odyssey.Thomas Tickell (1685-1740) was an English poet and man of letters; he was a friend of Joseph Addison. He translated the first book of the Iliad.Thomas Warton (1728-1790) was an English literary historian and poet, appointed Poet Laureate in 1785. He is best known for the poem 'The Pleasures of Melancholy', the son of poet Thomas Warton the Elder and brother of literary critic Joseph Warton.Illustrated with vignette engravings, as well as three full plates. Collated.Three volumes bound as one. Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. In a half calf binding. Externally very smart, with a little wear to the extremities and a few instances of loss to the leather of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar the odd occasion of offsetting opposing plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Thomas Tickell Thomas Warton Elijah Fenton Poetry Thomas Warton None
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Title: The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton, Thomas Tickell and Thomas Warton
Description: London, C. Cooke, [1796]. Leather. A collection of the poetical works of three prominent British poets, in a contemporary leather binding. Elijah Fenton (1683-1730) was an English poet and translator. He assisted Alexander Pope in his renowned translation of Homer's Odyssey.Thomas Tickell (1685-1740) was an English poet and man of letters; he was a friend of Joseph Addison. He translated the first book of the Iliad.Thomas Warton (1728-1790) was an English literary historian and poet, appointed Poet Laureate in 1785. He is best known for the poem 'The Pleasures of Melancholy', the son of poet Thomas Warton the Elder and brother of literary critic Joseph Warton.Illustrated with vignette engravings, as well as three full plates. Collated.Three volumes bound as one. Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. In a half calf binding. Externally very smart, with a little wear to the extremities and a few instances of loss to the leather of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar the odd occasion of offsetting opposing plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Thomas Tickell Thomas Warton Elijah Fenton Poetry Thomas Warton None
Price: GBP 180.00 = appr. US$ 257.04 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 770R87
- Book number: 770R87
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