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Poetical recreations : consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. : with several new translations : in two parts / Part I. Occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker ; Part II. By several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Barker, Jane, 1652-1732.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--Early modern.
- Songs, English--Texts.
- Songs, English.
- Barker, Jane, 1652-1732--Poetry.
- Barker, Jane.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Poetical miscellanies -- Great Britain -- 1688.
- Occasional poems -- Great Britain -- 1688.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Printers' devices (Printing) -- England -- London -- 1688.
- Imprimaturs (Printing) -- England -- London -- 1688.
- Penn Provenance:
- Fitzwilliam, William Charles de Meuron, Earl, 1872-1943 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 96, 95-109 pages, 9 unnumbered pages, 287 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Miscellanea, or, The second part of poetical recreations.
- Fingerprint:
- ndin t.t, s.s, IfEv (3) 1688 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Benjamin Crayle ..., 1688.
- Notes:
- Includes poems addressed to Jane Barker; poems by the publisher; and poems translated from the Latin and Greek.
- Part II has special t.p.: "Miscellanea, or, The second part of poetical recreations."
- Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-H⁸ 2A⁴ 2B-2T⁸.
- Page numbers 95-96 repeated; leaf 2M2 signed as M2.
- Title within double-ruled border.
- License leaf following t.p. with woodcut printer's device of Bible and peacock.
- Errata on verso of leaf a4.
- Printer's advertisements on verso of final leaf for "Books lately printed for Benj. Crayle...."
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy misbound: a gathering bound after 2A gathering.
- Culture Class Collection copy left and right boards detached.
- Culture Class Collection copy has armorial bookplate of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam on front pastedown.
- Culture Class Collection copy bound in full brown leather; four raised bands on spine; gold-stamped spine panels with binder's title Barker's Poems gold-stamped in one panel and the date of publication in another.
- Cited in:
- Arber, E. Term catalogues, 1668-1709, II, p. 207
- Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 186
- ESTC, R7698
- Wing (2nd ed., 1994), B770
- OCLC:
- 15289105
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