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An essay on the power of numbers, and the principles of harmony in poetical compositions

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Type of record: Book

Title: An essay on the power of numbers, and the principles of harmony in poetical compositions

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC Lt/MAS

Creator(s): Mason, John (1706-1763)

Publisher: Printed by James Waugh, for M. Cooper

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1749

Language: English

Size and medium: 75, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/278989

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000893969705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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First edition.


Author's name appears on 1761 edition.


Advertisement of Mason's forthcoming "Essay on the power and harmony of numbers in prosaic composition" on verso of last leaf (K2).


Head-piece; initial.


Indexed in: Alston, R.C. Engl. language VI, 453.

Additional description

Bound with two other publications by Mason in a volume lettered MASON'S PLAYS. Volume contents: 1. Essay on elocution, 1748. -- 2. Essay on the power of numbers, 1749. -- 3. Essay on the power and harmony of prosaic numbers, 1749.

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