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Essay on Shakespeare by m
(
~r
)s Montague.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 161, no. 13, as above.
[MONTAGU,
Elizabeth.]
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets. With some remarks upon
the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. The
Second Edition.
London: Printed by
J. and H. Hughs, near Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields: And sold by
J. Dodsley, Pall-mall; Mess.
Baker and
Leigh, York-street, Covent-garden;
T. Becket, and
T. Cadell, in the Strand;
J. Walter, Charing-cross;
H. Denoyer, Lisle-street; and
J. Wilkie, N
o 71. St. Paul’s Church-yard.
m.dcc.lxx
. [1770]
AC901 .M5 no. 630
8vo. 146 leaves.
Halkett and Laing II, 202.
Lowndes III, 1587.
This book was one of Jefferson’s purchases from the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is included in the list appended by Jefferson to
his letter of March 3, 1785, and is in the separate list made by Jefferson of the books in this purchase.
Elizabeth Montagu, 1720-1800, English author, whose maiden name was Robinson, was the sister of Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron Rokeby, q.v.
Mrs. Montagu was one of the leaders of literary society in London, and her friends included Horace Walpole, Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Dr. Johnson, Edmund Burke, David Garrick, and many others. The first edition of this work was printed in 1769.
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Richardson’s analysis of Shakespeare’s characters.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 5, as above.
[RICHARDSON,
William.]
A Philosophical Analysis and Illustration of some of Shakespeare’s Remarkable Characters.
Edinburgh: Printed for
W. Creech; and
J. Murray, No 32, Fleet-street,
London,
mdcclxxiv
. [1774]
8vo. 114 leaves.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Not in the Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
William Richardson, 1743-1814, professor of humanity at Glasgow University, where the first edition of this work was published in 1774. The
dedication to Robert Buntine of Ardoch is dated from Glasgow College, March 7, 1774. The characters analyzed are Macbeth,
Hamlet, the Melancholy Jaques and Imogen. Other editions of this book have the author’s name on the title-page.
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Warton’s observations on Spencer.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 162, no. 14, as above.
WARTON,
Thomas.
Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser. By Thomas Warton, M. A. Fellow of Trinity-College, and Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. The
Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. Vol. I. [-II.]
London: Printed for
R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; And
J. Fletcher, in the Turl,
Oxford,
mdcclxii
. [1762]
PR2358 .W3 1762
2 vol. sm. 4to. 124 and 272 leaves.
Lowndes V, 2848.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 384.
Jefferson’s copy was purchased by him from Samuel Henley. It is included by Jefferson in his letter to Henley dated from Paris March 3, 1785, and is also in
