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Poems / by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. ; In two volumes. ; [Four lines from the Aeneid in Latin, followed by English translation] ; Vol. I[-II].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31251.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian poetry, English--18th century.
- Christian poetry, English.
- Hares.
- Genre:
- Poems -- 1814.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 13 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Published by David Huntington, corner of William and Liberty-streets., 1814.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Title page of v. 2 varies, lacking the quote from the Aeneid.
- "Preface to the first volume" (v. 1, p. [vii]-x) signed: John Newton. Charles' Square, Hoxton, February 18, 1782.
- Frontispiece and added engraved title page to v. 1 engraved by Peter Maverick after Gideon Fairman. Those to v. 2 engraved by William Satchwell Leney after himself and Thomas Stothard.
- "Van Winkle & Wiley, printers."--versos of title pages and colophon to v. 1.
- Vol. 1: xii, [3], 16-268 p.; v. 2: viii, [3], 10-248 p., [2] leaves of plates. Pagination of v. 1 includes two engraved plates.
- With a half-title to v. 2.
- Error in paging: v. 2, p. 196 misnumbered 296.
- "The following account of the treatment of his hares was inserted by Mr. Cowper in the Gentleman's magazine, whence it is transcribed."--v. 2, p. [243]-248.
- 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. 31251).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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