Sales catalogue 569: Maggs Bros

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/114
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 569: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GEORGIAN POETRY: GRAY (THOMAS)—continued. g03 Opes. By Mr. Gray. First Epirion. Small gto. Printed at Strawberry-Hull, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. Together with :— AKENSIDE (Mark). THE PLeEasures oF IMAGINATION. First EpIrIon, London, R. Dodsley, 1744. Matter (David). AMyntor anp THEopora: or The Hermit. A Poem. In Three Cantos, First EpIrIon, London, Paul Vaillant, 1747. Montacu (Lady). Srx Town Ectocues, with some other Poems. First Epirion. London, M. Cooper, 1747. Together in one volume. Small gto. In its original binding of boards, leather back, me. 1B A remarkably fine copy. GARRICK (David), 1717-1779. 904. A Farry Tare. In Two Acts. Taken from Shakespeare (A Midsummer- Nights Dream). As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. First Epirion. 8yvo. Wrappers. London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1763. tats: Issued in conjunction with George Colman the Elder. 905 THe Frissiertap. (In verse.) With engraved frontispiece. First Epirion. 4to. Calf. , London, Printed for ]. Coote, 1761. 73 i038: 906 Aw Ope upon Dedicating a Building and Erecting a Statue to Shakespeare at Stratford upon Avon. First Epirion. gto. Half calf. London, Printed for T, Becket, and P. A. De Hondt., 1769. £3 3. This was written for the Shakespeare Jubilee celebrations held at Stratford- on-Avon in 1769. It was set to music by Dr. Arne. Concludes with ‘‘ Testimonies to the Genius and Merit of Shakespeare’? by Ben Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Dr. Johnson, Addison, Rowe, Theobald, etc.
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