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Spring : a poem / by Mr. Thomson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3732 .S4 1728 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
- Series:
- Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Seasons (London, 1726-30) ; no. 1.
- [Seasons. London, 1726-30 ; no. 1]
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor) (copy 2)
- Ingleby, C. M. (Clement Mansfield), 1823-1886 (bookplate) (copy 2)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 57 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo).
- Fingerprint:
- nde- g,'d 'dye WiFi (3) 1728 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed, and sold by A. Millar ... and G. Strahan ..., MDCCXXVIII [1728]
- Notes:
- Signatures: A⁴ a² B-D⁸ E⁴ F².
- Leaf A1 is a half-title.
- "Price from imprint: Price 1 s. 6 d. A variant has no price at the foot of the titlepage."--ESTC.
- Title in red and black.
- Initials and head-pieces.
- Errata on leaf F1v.
- "Proposals for printing by subscription The four seasons, with a hymn on their succession." on leaf F2r. "Some copies add two leaves advertising Millar's books"--Foxon.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy 1 imperfect: half-title, p. [1]-[2] (first count) and Proposals for printing by subscription the four Seasons, p. [2]-[3] (third count) wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 bound with: Thomson, James. Summer. London : Printed for J. Millan ..., MDCCXXVII [1727] -- Thomson, James. Winter. London : Printed by N. Blandford ... for J. Millan ..., MDCCXXVI [1726] -- De-La-Cour, James. A prospect of poetry. [London] : Dublin printed, London reprinted for J. Roberts ..., MDCCXXXIV [i.e. 1733].
- Penn Libraries copy 2 imperfect: half-title (leaf A1) wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 has price below imprint: Price 1 s. 6 d.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 has armorial bookplate of C.M. Ingleby on front pastedown; bookplate of Archibald Elias on back pastedown; a few modern ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on p. opp. t.p.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T42751
- Foxon T227
- OCLC:
- 4590000
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