The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical (v.2)
Other titles: A complete edition of the poets of Great Britain; Poets of Great Britain
Classmark: English A-0.032/AND
Creator(s): Anderson, Robert (1750-1830)
Publisher: Printed for John & Arthur Arch... and for Bell & Bradfute and J. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1795
Language: English
Size and medium: 13 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/185478
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008409469705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Each volume has added engraved title page: A complete edition of the poets of Great Britain.
The works of the individual poets, v. 1-11, each has special title page dated 1792-1795, with imprint: Edinburgh : Printed by Mundell and son.
Printed in double columns.
Spine Title: Poets of Great Britain.
Contents: v.1. Chaucer, Surrey, Wyat, Sackville.--v.2. Spenser, Shakspeare, Davies, and Hall.--v.3. Drayton, Carew, and Suckling.--v.4. Donne, Daniel, Browne, Fletcher, P., Fletcher, G., Jonson, Drummond, Crashaw, and Davenant.--v.5. Milton, Cowley, Waller, Butler, and Denham.--v.6. Dryden, Rochester, Roscommon, Otway, Pomfret, Stepney, Philips, J., Walsh, Smith, Duke, King, Sprat, and Halifax.--v.7. Parnell, Garth, Rowe, Addison, Hughes, Sheffield, Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Fenton, Granville, and Yalden.--v.8. Pope, Gay, Tickell, Somervile, Pattison, Hammond, Savage, Hill, Broome, Pitt, and Blair.--v.9. Swift, Thomson, Watts, Hamilton, Philips, A., West, G., Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Mallet, Akenside, and Harte.--v.10. Young, Gray, West, R., Lyttleton, Moore, Boyse, Thompson, Cawthorn, Churchill, Falconer, Lloyd, Cunningham Green, Cooper, Goldsmith, Whitehead, P., Brown, Grainger, Smollett, and Armstrong.--v.11. Wilkie, Dodsley, Smart, Langhorne, Bruce, Chatterton, Graeme, Glo.
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