The historical and poetical medley : or Muses library : being a choice and faithful collection of the best antient English poetry, from the times of Edward the Confessor, to the reign of King James the First : with the lives and characters of the known writers taken from the most authentick memoirs : being the most valuable collection of the kind now extant, affording entertainment upon all subjects whatsoever
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Type of record: Book
Title: The historical and poetical medley : or Muses library : being a choice and faithful collection of the best antient English poetry, from the times of Edward the Confessor, to the reign of King James the First : with the lives and characters of the known writers taken from the most authentick memoirs : being the most valuable collection of the kind now extant, affording entertainment upon all subjects whatsoever
Other titles: Muses library
Classmark: BC Lt/COO
Additional creator(s): Cooper, Mrs Elizabeth (fl. 1737) (Other); Oldys, William (1696-1761) (Other)
Related people: Cooper, Elizabeth; Oldys, William
Publisher: Printed for T. Davies
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1738
Language: English
Size and medium: xvi, 400p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/274695
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000098799705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
A reissue of The muses library, 1737, with cancel title leaf and final leaf.
Caption and running titles: The muses library.
Edited by Elizabeth Cooper (dedication signed: E. Cooper), assisted by William Oldys.
Signatures: A⁸ - Cc⁸.
Indexed in: Case 415 (c), with all the irregularities there noted; but in addition the last leaf is a cancel, with "Finis" on verso instead of "The end of the first volume".
Indexed in: ESTC T061451.
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