Miscellany poems. Containing a new translation of Virgills eclogues, Ovid's love elegies, Odes of Horace, and other authors; with several original poems. / By the most eminent hands.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Virgil.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical poetry--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.

Classical poetry.

Greek poetry--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.

Greek poetry.

Latin poetry--Translations into English--Early works to 1800.

Latin poetry.

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--Early works to 1800.

English poetry.

English poetry--Early modern.

Latin poetry--Translations into English.

Classical poetry--Translations into English.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Seymour, Henry (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 328 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 92 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm (8vo.)

Fingerprint:

6.4. l,l; ese. wone 1684 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-street, 1684.

Notes:

First in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson, 1684-1709, containing many contributions by Dryden and others. The 5 later volumes were published separately under various titles.

"Absalom and Achitophel" and "The medall" each have separate title page dated 1683. "Virgil's Eclogues" has separate title page, pagination and register.

With a final advertisement leaf.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry Seymour on t.p.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), D2314

Macdonald, H. John Dryden, 42ai

ESTC, R297

Related Work:

Virgil. Bucolica. English

Contains:

Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Absalom and Achitophel.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Medall.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Mac Flecknoe.

OCLC:

33029283