Proposals for publishing by subscription, in three volumes octavo, Price one guinea, the poetical works of George Dyer, B. A. late of Emanuel College, Cambridge. These Volumes consist of descriptive poems; odes sacred to freedom, love, and benevolence; translations, satires, and epistles. A few only have been printed before, and those will appear in the present Collection with material Alterations. Personal Satire will be excluded. The First Volume is nearly printed off, and the Whole will be ready for Delivery to Subscribers by January. The Poemes will be accompanied with Critical Essays, on different Branches of Poetry and Criticism, illustrated from ancient and modern Authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyer, George, 1755-1841.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Prospectus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dyer, George, 1755-1841--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Dyer, George.

Genre:

Prospectuses.

Poems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Other Title:

Proposals for publishing by subscription,

Place of Publication:

[London : s.n., 1798]

Notes:

At foot of sheet, a receipt, dated 1798.

Subscriptions taken by Chapter Coffee-House, and G.C. and J. Robinson, Johnson, Debrett, and Ridgeway.

'Poems, by George Dyer' was published in 1801, the similarly titled edition of 1800 having been suppressed.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T2866.

OCLC:

642561589