The toast : an heroick poem in four books / written originally in Latin, by Frederick Scheffer ; now done into English, and illustrated with notes and observations, by Peregrine Odonald Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, William, 1685-1763.

Contributor:

Newburgh, Charlotte Maria, countess of, 1694-1755.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Jackson, Charles H. (bookplate) (Teerink copy)

Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

lxvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 88, *89-*104, 89-118, *113-*118, 119-232 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, music ; 30 cm (4to)

Fingerprint:

s,i? s.s, t.t; Bogo (3) 1747 (R)

Place of Publication:

[London] : Dublin printed ; London Reprinted in the year, 1736 [1747]

Notes:

Frederick Scheffer and Peregrine Odonald are pseudonyms of William King.

A satire by King on the Countess of Newburgh. Cf. British Museum Catalogue.

A reissue of the first London edition of 1736, with the addition of pp. *89-*104.

Pages *113-*118 are of different setting than those of the 1736 ed. : p. *113, line six : "where the C-r dotes."

Titlepage in red and black.

The date in the imprint is altered in ms. to 1747.

According to Foxon and ESTC, most copies the errata have been corrected by hand and the errata leaf suppressed.

With leaf of music preceding errata leaf.

Dedicated to Swift.

Local Notes:

Teerink and RBC copy have hand corrections and suppressed errata leaf.

RBC copy: Notes from previous owner inserted in book, and some ms. notes written in book..

Cited in:

Foxon K83.

ESTC T133387.

Teerink-Scouten 1314

OCLC:

37706801