A miscellany on taste / by Mr. Pope, &c. viz. I. Of taste in architecture, an epistle to the Earl of Burlington : with notes variorum, and a compleat key. II. Of Mr. Pope's taste in divinity, viz., the fall of man, and the first Psalm / translated for the use of a young lady. III. Of Mr. Pope's taste of Shakespeare. IV. ---- His satire on Mrs. P----y. V. Mr. Congreve's fine epistle on retirement and taste, address'd to Lord Cobham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Concanen, Mr. (Matthew), 1701-1749.

Contributor:

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.

Congreve, William, 1670-1729.

Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744.

Concanen, Mr. (Matthew), 1701-1749

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.

Pope, Alexander.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 45 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and sold by G. Lawton, 1732.

Notes:

An attack on Pope. Pieces by him which are reprinted are: Of taste, the First psalm, To the ingenious Mr. Moore ..., and The looking-glass, also entitled Mr. Pope's Satire on Mrs. P---.

Edited by Matthew Concanen, the elder? - "G. Lawton" = Lawton Gilliver.

"Of Mr. Pope's taste of Shakespeare" is a letter "To the author" signed: Lew. Theobald and reprinted from the Daily journal of Apr. 17, 1729.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Frontispiece wanting.

Cited in:

Griffith 266.

ESTC t005481

Related Work:

Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Of retirement and state.

Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744. Of Mr. Pope's taste of Shakespeare.

OCLC:

221412428