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Specimen of a volume of modern poetry : as proposed to be published by H. Caritat, bookseller, no. 153, Broad-way, New-York.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 281.
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 859.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Poetry--Publishing.
- Poetry.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Poems -- 1801.
- Physical Description:
- 28 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [Printed for H. Caritat, bookseller and librarian, no. 153, Broad-way, by G.F. Hopkins], [1801]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Prospectus, containing "Advertisement" and two poems: The love of gain: a poem. ... By M.G. Lewis, Esq. ... New-York: Printed for H. Caritat, bookseller and librarian, no. 153, Broad-way, by G.F. Hopkins. 1801 [and] The pursuit of happiness: a poem. ... by H. Mackenzie, Esq. ...
- "Advertisement. The following poems are presented to the public as a specimen of the volume of 'modern poetry,' proposed to be published, and to gratify many persons of taste, who were desirous to possess them in a separate form."--p. [2]. Apparently the proposed volume was never published.
- Texts of poems printed in two columns.
- Recorded as three separate titles in Shaw & Shoemaker: no. 281 as Specimen of a volume of modern poetry, no. 825 as The love of gain, and no. 859 as The pursuit of happiness.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 281).
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 859).
- Contains:
- Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. Love of gain: a poem.
- Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831. Pursuit of happiness: a poem.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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