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Miscellaneous works in verse and prose of the late right honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. : in three volumes : consisting of such as were never before printed in twelves, with some account of the life and writings of the author by Mr. Tickell.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3302 1735 copy 2 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.
- Ovid.
- Virgil--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.
- Virgil.
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
- Medals, Ancient--Early works to 1800.
- Medals, Ancient.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Italy--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Italy.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)
- Grierson Family Books (label) (copy 1)
- Gratrisbon(?), Samuel (autograph) (copy 2)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- 13n. hen- n,un ThNo (3) 1735 (R) v.1
- 95an d.d, t.rd beof (3) 1735 (R) v.2
- urbe u-he anf, hiBa (3) 1735 (R) v.3
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by R. Reilly ... for George Risk, George Ewing, and William Smith ..., MDCCXXXV [1735]
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. Poems on several occasions ; Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses ; An essay on Virgil's Georgics ; Cato ; Poemata
- v. 2. The drummer ; The late tryal and conviction of Count Tariff ; The Whig-examiner, and Lover ; Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals ; Of the Christian religion ; The present state of the war, and the necessity of an augmentation considered
- v. 3. Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703.
- Notes:
- Signatures: v. 1: A¹²(A3+a1) B-O¹² P⁶ ; v. 2: A¹²(A1+a1) B-N¹² O⁶ ; v. 3: A-L¹² M⁸ N².
- Vol. 1 has general title leaf and volume title leaf; v. 2-3 each has volume title leaf only.
- Vol. 2 has 10 leaves of engraved plates.
- Woodcut title vignettes, initials, illustrations, head- and tail-pieces.
- Typographical ornaments.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy 1: each vol. has bookplate of Archibald Elias and label of Grierson Family Books on back pastedown.
- Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 1: lower portion of leaves G1-P6 dampstained; upper board detached.
- Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 2: lower portion of many leaves dampstained.
- Penn Libraries copy 1: v. 3: lower portion of many leaves dampstained; a few ms. marginal marks and notes in pencil in text.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 imperfect: v. 1: leaf A1 wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy 2: each vol. has armorial bookplate with owner's name effaced on front pastedown; partially illegible autograph (Samuel Gratrisbon[?]) on vol. title leaf; bookplate of Archibald Elias on back pastedown.
- Penn Libraries copy 2: v. 1: leaf a1 bound in after leaf P6; leaf C2r has partially effaced autograph ("Joseph Fred. ...[?]"); leaf C12 has ms. underlines and marginal annotation; leaf L4 has ms. annotation; tail outer corner of leaf F1 torn off.
- Penn Libraries copy 2: v. 2: leaf a1 bound in after leaf O6; leaf B1r has partially effaced autograph ("Joseph Fred. ...[?]"); top portion of leaves O4v and O5r damaged with some effacement of text.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T39439
- OCLC:
- 29959181
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