Author: Philips, John [1676 - 1709]. Sewell, George [ -1726]. Newcomb, Thomas [1682? - 1765]. Title: The WHOLE WORKS Of MR. JOHN PHILIPS, Late Student of Christ-Church, Oxon.; Viz. I. The Splendid Shilling, an Imitation of Milton. II. Blenheim, a Poem Inscrib'd to the Rt. Honourable Robert Harley, Esq. III. Cyder, a Poem in Two Books : IV. Ode ad Henricum St. John, Armig V. The same, translated by Mr. Newcomb. To which is Prefixed his Life, by Mr. Sewell
Description: Loldon [sic, i.e. London]: Printed for J. Tonson and T. Fauncy, 1720. 3rd edition (Foxon, p. 570; NCBEL II, 563). Period full tan calf binding (front board professionally reattached). Red speckled edges. [2], xxxix, [3], 13, [3], 19 - 60, [2], 89, [1 (blank)] pp. Foxon notes a concluding 13 pages, though this volume's pagination mirrors that of OCLC record 19800606, albeit this copy without the 1708 t.p. for "Cyder", just a divisional t.p. Frontispiece of Philips. Copperplate engraving prior to "Cyder" divisional title leaf. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 8-1/8" X 4-7/8". Modest wear. Bookplate of Henry Homes. Very Good.
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