Collection of Eight Separate Published Poetical Items, Seven of which in First Printing.

HAYLEY William.

Published by London & Cambridge: J. Dodsley &c., 1779

About this Item

Bound collection of quarto poems in two volumes (28.5 x 22cm), published between 1779 and 1784 containing the following: A Poetical Epistle to An Eminent Painter, second edition, London 1779, pp.[iv],84; Epistle To A Friend on The Death of John Thornton, first edition, London 1780, pp. [1-4],5-18; Ode Inscribed to John Howard, first edition, London 1780, pp. [1-4]5-19, with a frontispiece; An Essay on History In Three Epistles To Edward Gibbon, first edition, London 1780, pp. [ii],159 (lacks half-title); An Elegy on The Ancient Greek Model, first edition, Cambridge 1779, pp. [iv],3-17; The Triumphs of Temper, first edition, London 1781, pp. xii,164; Plays of Three Acts Written for a Private Theatre, first edition, London 1784, pp. xvi,430; An Essay on Epic Poetry, first edition, London 1782, pp. [iv],298,[2]. The whole in contemporary calf, the spines with contrasting twin labels, gilt, the spine of the first volume rubbed with some loss of gilt, a few minor chips & scuffs, but quite sound. With the contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of William Downes, 1st Baron Downes, Chief Justice of The King's Bench in Ireland. Vg. [Barker 106,110,111,110,109,112,170 & 169; Norton 235].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collection of Eight Separate Published Poetical Items, Seven of which in First Printing.
• Publisher: London & Cambridge: J. Dodsley &c.
• Publication Date: 1779