Lowndes V, 2670.
This edition not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
Volumes III and IV of this edition contain Thomson’s Tragedies. Volume I contains
The Seasons, of which Jefferson had another copy, see no. 4392.
This edition was edited by
Patrick Murdoch (d. 1774), Scots author, who dedicated it to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty and prefaced Volume I with a Life of Thomson.
Volume II contains
The Castle of Indolence in stanza LXIX of which the line
A little fat oily man of God is supposed to refer to Murdoch.
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Young’s works.
4. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 13, as above.
[YOUNG,
Edward.]
The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. In
Four Volumes. Revised and Corrected by Himself. A New Edition. Vol. I. [-IV.]
London: Printed for
D. Browne,
C. Hitch and
L. Hawes,
A. Millar,
J. and R. Tonson,
J. Rivington,
S. Crowder and Co.
C. Corbett,
J. Jackson,
R. and J. Dodsley, and
J. Richardson.
mdcclxii
. [1762.]
12mo. 4 vol. 130, 150, 140, and 146 leaves, including blanks, engraved frontispieces, that in the first volume with a portrait
by L. Beitard.
Lowndes V, 3020.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 290.
Jefferson quoted passages from Young’s works in his
Thoughts on English Prosody
, see no. 4262. The undated manuscript catalogue has a separate entry for the
Night Thoughts in 2 vol. 24s, which was not sold to Congress.
Edward Young, 1683-1765, English poet. The first edition of his collected works was published by Curll in 1741, and the first edition
revised by the author in 1757.
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Mallet’s works.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 149, no. 26, as above.
MALLET,
David.
The Works of Mr. Mallet: Consisting of Plays and Poems.
London: Printed for
A. Millar, opposite to Catharine-Street, in the Strand.
m.dcc.xliii
. [1743.]
PR3545 .M4 1743
First collected edition. 8vo. 5 parts in 1, together 264 leaves, separate signatures and the title for the first edition to each
part: Eurydice, 1731; Mustapha, 1739, separate signatures but continuous pagination, Books printed for
A. Millar on A
4; Poems on Several Occasions, 1743, continuous pagination,
Advertisement on the last page; Alfred: A Masque, 1740, separate pagination;
The Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, 1740, original title in
red and black, engraved vignette with portrait by J. Mynde, separate pagination. The Life of Francis Bacon collates in eights,
the plays and poems in fours.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 321.
David Mallet, 1705?-1765, Scots author.
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Tragedies by several hands.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 27, as above.
1831 Catalogue, page 238, no. J. 27, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 618, no. 27. Tragedies, 8vo, viz: Fatal Necessity; London, 1742.[--]Eugenia, by P. Francis; London, 1752.--Herminius
and Espasia; Edinburgh, 1754.--Agis; London, 1758.--Philoclea, by M’N. Morgan, London, 1754.
These tragedies were probably bound in one volume in the order named in the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1839 as above.
In the later catalogues the tragedies are entered in their alphabetical place, under author or title.
