The young gentleman and lady's Poetical Preceptor: being a collection of the most admired poetry: selected from the best authors.

[WOOLSTON, Thomas]

Verlag: Printed and sold by M. Luckman, [1795?], Coventry

Beschreibung

xii, 310pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: ' Master Wm. Hands / August 22nd 1796', scattered spotting. A rare survival of a late eighteenth century anthology of poetry intended for a juvenile readership. The wide ranging selection includes poems by, inter alia, Milton, Dryden, Barbauld, Cowper, Beattie, and Burns. In the prefatory remarks, the anonymous compiler states: 'I found authors and pieces multiply so fast, that I hardly knew what to chuse, or what to reject: indeed, had I inserted every thing which I admired.instead of a small pocket volume, I should have produced a folio. How well this little Collection may answer the end proposed, must be left to the Public to determine; but as the Price is so trifling an object, I trust that will alleviate any disappointment that may arise from purchase.' ESTC record copies at two locations in the British Isles (BL and Oxford), and one further worldwide (Canterbury). ESTC T178715. Size: 12mo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ18859

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The young gentleman and lady's Poetical ...

Verlag: Printed and sold by M. Luckman, [1795?], Coventry

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First edition.