This was the best-selling poetry anthology of the eighteenth century, edited by the most celebrated publisher of the era, Alexander Pope's protege, Robert Dodsley. It includes poems by Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray, David Garrick, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Horace Walpole, Joseph and Thomas Warton, James Thomson, Elizabeth Carter, Pope himself, and many others. The Collection of Poems is an invaluable index of literary culture in the eighteenth century, and yet despite its great popularity and influence, it has not been in ...
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This was the best-selling poetry anthology of the eighteenth century, edited by the most celebrated publisher of the era, Alexander Pope's protege, Robert Dodsley. It includes poems by Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray, David Garrick, Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Horace Walpole, Joseph and Thomas Warton, James Thomson, Elizabeth Carter, Pope himself, and many others. The Collection of Poems is an invaluable index of literary culture in the eighteenth century, and yet despite its great popularity and influence, it has not been in print for more than two hundred years.
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Book. Octavos, six volumes. In Very Good plus condition with Very Good slip case. Bound in full red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Slip case full covered in red cloth matching bindings; somewhat dusty with moderate bumping to lower rear corners. Very minor marking to spines of two volumes. Scattered pencil annotations to first volume. From the library of Ronald Paulson, leading expert on William Hogarth and former professor of English literature at Yale and Johns Hopkins. From the Routledge series CULTURAL FORMATIONS: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, containing a facsimile of the 1782 London edition of A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY SEVERAL HANDS published by J. Dodsley. [Multivolume set. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. ] Shelved in Room G. 1389544. Special Collections.
Add this copy of A Collection of Poems By Several Hands to cart. $1,038.77, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Taylor & Francis.
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