3 vol. 12mo. A copy of the
1747 edition was not available. In addition to the Plays and Poems this
edition contains the life of Rowe, and a dedication to the Prince of Wales signed by Anne Deanes Devenish. Volume III has 170 leaves. The Prefatory matter includes the
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; in a Letter to a Friend; A Character of Mr. Rowe. By James Welwood, M. D.; Poems on Several Occasions; An Essay on the Manner of Living
with Great Men. An Imitation of M. Bruyere; Some Account of Boileau’s Writings,
and the Translation of the Lutrin; Musarum Lacrymæ. Or Poems to the Memory of
Mr. Rowe. By Several Hands.
Lowndes IV, 2136.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 431.
Nicholas Rowe, 1674-1718, English poet laureate and dramatist.
Anne Deanes Devenish, c. 1682-1747, the daughter of Joseph Devenish, was the second wife of Nicholas Rowe, who died only a year or so after their
marriage. In 1723 she married Alexander Deanes.
James Wellwood [
or
Welwood], 1652-1727, Scots physician.
See also no. 4295.
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Addison’s works.
3. v.
12
mo.
2
d wanting.
1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 9, as above.
ADDISON,
Joseph.
Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In
Three Volumes. Consisting of such as were never before Printed in Twelves. With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By
Mr. Tickell.
London: Printed for
J. and R. Tonson and
S. Draper in the Strand.
m dcc xlvi
. [1746.]
Vol. I and III only, 12mo. Vol. I 156 leaves, Vol. III 168 leaves, the last 4 with the advertisement of
J. and R. Tonson and
S. Draper, 31 leaves have woodcut illustrations of medals, printed on one
side only 2 to a page; general title in volume I only, separate title with the
volume number in all volumes, separate title in volume III for the
Dialogues upon the usefulness of Ancient Metals.
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
This edition not in Lowndes.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 601.
The Advertisement at the beginning of each volume reads:
These Three Volumes, with the Tatlers, Spectators, Guardians, Free-holder, and Remarks on several Parts of Italy, compleat
Mr. Addison’s Works in Twelves
. For Jefferson’s copy of the
Remarks on several Parts of Italy in this series, see no. 3907.
Thomas Tickell, 1678-1740, English poet, was a friend of Addison, who, a few days before his death instructed Tickell to collect and publish
his works. The first edition was printed in 1721 in 4 volumes, quarto. The first volume contains Tickell’s poems on the death
of Addison addressed to the Earl of Warwick.
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Thompson’s works.
4. v.
12
mo.
2. copies.
THOMSON,
James.
The Works of James Thomson. With his last Corrections and Improvements. In
Four Volumes. Vol. I. [-IV.]
London: Printed for
A. Millar, in the Strand.
mdcclxvi
. [1766.]
4 vol. 12mo. The general title as above occurs only in the first volume. The volume number in roman numerals in the remaining
volumes is found on the half-titles; the titles to these volumes have the volume number in full [Volume the Second, Third
and Fourth] with the contents of the volume. Vol. I, 122 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. V. Neist, plates; Vol. II, 154 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by G. V. Neist, plates; Vol. III, 134 leaves including 4 blanks, engraved frontispiece and plates; Vol. IV, 146 leaves, engraved frontispiece
and plates. The engraved plates throughout are by G. V. Neist.
