Author: Dryden, John:
Title: Original Poems.
Description: Glasgow: Printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis, 1756. 2 vols. 8vo., pp.[vii], 237, [iii]; vii, [i], 240. Vol. I with half-title, each section with divisional title-page. Some codes in various hands to each paste-down. Vol. II with some faint foxing, tiny holes where the page number should be to I8, O8 and P8. Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt, labels lost leaving on impression of titles, edges sprinkled red. Spines dry and rubbed, vol. I head cap a little worn, very good. Ownership inscription of John Hamilton in an old hand to title-page of each volume. Vol. I contains: Verses in Praise of Mr Dryden; Poems on Several Occasions. Vol. II contains: Poems on Several Occasions; Epistles; Prologues and Epilogues; Elegies and Epitaphs; Songs. ESTC T124934; Gaskell 312.

Keywords: Early Printing (to c.1800, all subjects);(Post-Renaissance) Arts & Literature


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