The poems of William Collins
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Type of record: Book
Title: The poems of William Collins
Classmark: Large Printing Collection/HAS
Creator(s): Collins, William (1721-1759)
Additional creator(s): Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974) (Other); Chiswick Press (Other)
Related people: Blunden, Edmund
Publisher: F. Etchells & H. Macdonald
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1929
Language: English
Size and medium: viii, 179 p., 1 ʹ
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/302301
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991004562739705181
Description
Issued in grey paper over boards, with a paper label printed in black on the spine.
Colophon: "Of this edition printed... by the Chiswick Press on Kentish all-rag paper, 500 numbered copies have been issued ..."
Contents: Preface.--A study of William Collins.--Persian eclogues.--Verses humbly address'd to Sir Thomas Hanmer on his edition of Shakespear's works.--Odes on several descriptive and allegoric subjects.--Ode on the death of Mr. Thomson.--Ode on the popular superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland.--Minor pieces.--Poems of doubtful authenticity.--Notes.--Index of first lines.
Additional description
No.360 of an edition of 500 copies
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