The temple of fame, a poem : Inscrib'd to Mr. Congreve
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Type of record: Book
Title: The temple of fame, a poem : Inscrib'd to Mr. Congreve
Classmark: BC Lt/HIL
Creator(s): Bryan (fl. 1703)
Additional creator(s): Congreve, William (1670-1729) (Other); Yalden, Thomas (1670-1736) (Other); Hills, Henry (1713) (Other)
Related people: Congreve, William; Yalden, Thomas; Hills, Henry
Publisher: Printed and sold by H. Hills
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1709
Language: English
Size and medium: 15, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/274784
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000119079705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
A piracy? The poem was first published in 1703.
Signatures: A⁸.
Also issued in 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands'.--cf. Foxon.
Mainly celebrates the victory of Admiral Rooke at Vigo in 1702.
On verso of the last leaf is 'A catalogue of poems, &c. printed and sold by H. Hills'.
P.J. and A.E. Dobell (Catalogue 128) record a copy inscribed: "Wrote by one Bryan a worthy Chaplain to Bp. of Norwich"; sometimes erroneously attributed to Thomas Yalden, the author of The temple of fame, 1700.
Indexed in: ESTC T49930.
Additional description
Bound with 19 other publications, published by Hills (for the most part piratically?) 1708-10. Volume contents: 1. Halifax, C.M.: Earl of, The Hind and the panther, 1709. -- 2. Shippen, W.: Faction display'd, 1709. -- 3. Shippen, W.: Moderation display'd, 1709. -- 4. Defoe, D.: The true-born English-man, 1708. -- 5. Phillips, J.: Bleinheim, 1709. -- 6. Froud, J.: Daphnis, 1709. -- 7. Swift, J.: Baucis and Philemon, 1710. -- 8. Dryden, J.: Eleonora, 1709. -- 9. Overbury, T.: The wife, 1709. -- 10. Sheffield, J.: Essay on poetry, 1709. -- 11. Boileau Despréaux, N.: The art of poetry, 1710. -- 12. Habert, P.: The temple of death, 1709. -- 13. Dryden, J.: Absalom and Achitophel, 1708. -- 14. Bryan: The temple of fame, 1709. -- 15. Waller, E.: A Panegyrick on Oliver Cromwell, 1709. -- 16. Dryden, J.: Religio laici, 1710. -- 17. Addison, J.: A letter from Italy, 1709. -- 18. Cavendish, W.: The charms of liberty, 1709. -- 19. Addison, J.: The campaign, 1710. -- 20. Howard, R.: The duel of
the stags, 1709.
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