The temple of death : a poem / written by the Marquess of Normanby ; Horace Of the art of poetry, made English by the Earl of Roscommon ; The duel of the stags, by the Honourable Sir Robert Howard ; Together with several other excellent poems by the Earls of Rochester and Orrery, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir George Etheridge, the Honourable Mr. Montague, Mr. Granvill, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Chetwood, and Mr. Tate ; To which is added several poems of the Honourable Madam Wharton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Habert, Philippe, 1605-1637.

Contributor:

Saunders, Francis, active 1684-1699.

Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, 1647-1721.

Standardized Title:

Temple de la mort. English

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

18 unnumbered pages, 60, 65-273 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition corrected.

Fingerprint:

e-of 4.ew w.y, ThIf (3) 1695 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Tho. Warren for Francis Saunders, at the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1695.

Notes:

Translation by John Sheffield, Marquis of Normanby, of Philippe Habert's La temple de la mort.

A reissue, with cancel title page, of "A collection of poems by several hands" (Wing C5174), which is an enlarged version of "A collection of poems written upon several occasions by several persons" (Wing C5177). Edited by the publisher, Francis Saunders.

Leaves E8, F1 (p. 61-64), and S8 (between p. 268 and 269) are blank and are frequently cancelled.

This edition is known to exist in at least two states: one has A8 a cancel, with catchword on p. 206 as TO and another has A8 conjugate, with catchword on p. 206 as ON.

Signatures: A-D⁸E⁸( -E8)F⁸( -F1)G-R⁸S⁸( -S8)T⁴.

Catchwords on E7, G8, I8, L8 and N8 do not match F2, H1, K1, M1, and O1 respectively.

A reissue, with cancel title page, of "A collection of poems by several hands" (Wing C5174), which is an enlarged version of "A collection of poems written upon several occasions by several persons" (Wing C5177).

Title within double rule border.

Pages [1]-[2] at front blank.

Advertisements on p. [1]-[3] at end.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy is in second state.

Cited in:

Wing T663

ESTC R35214

Contains:

Horace. Ars poetica. English

Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698. Duel of the stags.

Collection of poems by several hands.

Art of poetry.

Duel of the stags.

OCLC:

16632850