An Elegy upon His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; who departed this life Sept. 7th. 1729. Aetat. 42.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3278.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burnet, William, 1688-1729--Poetry.

Burnet, William.

Burnet, William, 1688-1729.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Elegies.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed and sold by T. Fleet in Pudding-Lane, near the Town-House, where may be had His Excellency's Character., [1729]

Notes:

Verse in nine stanzas; first line: In mournful lays let Melpomene sing.

Text in two columns within a mourning border; relief cut of two skulls and cross-bones with an hour glass.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3278).

Cited in:

Evans 3278

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 575

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 569

OCLC:

55819360