The poetical register: or, The lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets. : With an account of their writings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744, author.

Contributor:

Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, bookseller.

Estate of Edwin Forrest, donor.

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Bio-bibliography--Early works to 1800.

English poetry.

English drama--Bio-bibliography--Early works to 1800.

English drama.

Dramatists, English--Early works to 1800.

Dramatists, English.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : portraits ; 21 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets

Volume 2 title: Historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets, whether epick, lyrick, elegiack, epigramatists, & c

Fingerprint:

n-in e.rk g.i- Nuin (3) 1719 (R) v.1

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for E. Curll, in Fleetstreet, MDCCXIX-MDCCXX [1719-1720]

Contents:

Volume 1. Lives and characters of the English dramatic poets ; Modern dramatic poets ; Plays written by anonymous authors

volume 2. An introductory essay, on the rise, progress, beauty, &c. of all sorts of poetry ["chiefly taken from Rapin, and the writings of Mr. Dryden, the duke of Buckingham, Sir William Temple, and others ..."

Pref., v. 2] ; The lives and characters of the English poets ; Modern English poets, and authors of single pieces ; Poems written by anonymous authors.

Notes:

Title-page of volume 2 reads: An historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets, whether epick, lyrick, elegiack, epigramatists, &c. London, Printed for E. Curll in Pater-Noster-Row, M. DCC. XX. [1720].

By Giles Jacob. See the dedication, volume 1, page vii (signed: G.J.), and the article on Giles Jacob, volume 2, pages 299-300.

Signatures: volume 1: A⁸ a⁴ B⁸-Y⁸ Z⁴-2A⁴ 2B² (leaf A1 blank) ; volume 2: A⁸ a⁸ B⁸-Y⁸ [Z]1.

Pagination: volume 1: [4], vii, [13], 433 [that is, 334], [22] pages, [6] leaves of plates ; volume 2: xxvi, [6], 328, [10] pages. [8] leaves of plates.

Volume 1 has frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; volume 2 has frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of plates. Number of plates taken from Arnott & Robinson.

"Addenda & corrigenda": Volume 2, pages [333]-[334].

Errata on volume 1, page [336] and volume 2, page [337].

Includes index of authors, an index of plays, and an index of the most celebrated poems.

Local Notes:

Forrest copy imperfect: vol. 2 wanting.

RBC copy imperfect: vol. 2 wanting.

Kislak Center RBC 2026 34 imperfect: volume 1 only (plates and leaf A1 (blank) wanting). Presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2015. Early manuscript correction to text on leaf D4r. Left board wanting.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue, T137459

Arnott & Robinson. English theatrical literature, 1559-1900, 19

OCLC:

12766859