Poems on several occasions / By Matthew Prior, Esq ; with a supplement of several poems of the author's never before collected, and others taken from his original manuscripts in the custody of his friends ; to which are added The hind and the panther transversed ; with the memoirs of his life, his last will and testament ; Also Threnus: or Stanzas on his death. By a fellow collegian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721.

Contributor:

Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737.

Dompsy, L., illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721.

Prior, Matthew.

Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706.

Dorset, Charles Sackville.

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Advertisements -- Ireland -- Dublin -- 18th century.

Poetry.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes in 1 : portrait ; 17 cm (12mo v.1) (8vo v.2)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by and for George Grierson, at the King's-Arms and Two Bibles in Essex Street, 1728-1738.

Notes:

The longer poems have special t.-ps. Both v. 1 and v. 2 have two t.-ps. The first t.p. of v. 1 is dated 1728, the second, 1737, with J. Jones as the printer. The first t.-p. of v. 2 is dated 1738, the second, 1732. The special t.-p. of "The hind and the panther transversed ..." is dated 1737. George Grierson did not print at the King's-Arms and Two Bibles in Essex Street until 1733. First t.-p. of v. 1 is therefore a misprint?

V.1: [6], xi, [3], iv, 5, [5], 243, [10], 200-224, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. V.2: 32, 25-40, 49-192, [4] p.

Frontis. engr. port. of Prior, signed "L. Dompsy sculp."

Dedication to Lionel, earl of Dorset and Middlesex is signed Mat. Prior, and contains an eulogy on Charles Sackville, 6th earl of Dorset: v. 1, p. [i]-xi; "Some memoirs of the life ... of Matthew Prior ... ": v. 1, p. [I]-IV; "Love and Friendship. A pastoral by Mrs. Elizabeth Singer": v. 1, p. 22-24; "Ode sur la prise de Namur, pars les armes du Roy, l'année 1692. Par Monsieur Boileau Despreaux" with Prior's "An English ballad on the taking of Namur, by the King of Great Britain, 1695": v. 1, p. 38-39; "Carmen seculare latine redditum per Tho. Dibben" with Prior's "Carmen seculare": v. 1, p. 82-115; "Threnus, or Stanzas on the death of Mr. Prior" by Robert Ingram: v.1, p.220-221; "The hind and the panther transversed ..." a burlesque of Dryden's poem by Prior and Charles Montague: v.1, p.²200-224(i.e., 247-278).

"Just published by G. Grierson ..." a catalogue of maps: v.1, p.244-246; "Books printed for, and sold by George Grierson ... ": v.1, p.[225-226] (i.e., 279-280).

Cited in:

ESTC T179773

Contains:

Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. Ode sur la prise de Namur.

Ingram, Robert, active 1660-1692. Threnus.

OCLC:

771280978