A Collection of Poems, containing: The whole Works of John Philips - Somerville's Chace and Hobbinol - Boileau's Lutrin - Garth's Dispensary (Four volumes bound into one)

John Philips - William Somerville - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (Boileau) [translated by John Ozell, prefaced by some account of the author's writings and this translation, by N. Rowe] - Samuel Garth

Published by J. Gilmour, R. and A. Foulis, 1750

About this Item

All works printed between 1750 and 1755. Philips's Poems printed by R. Urie for J. Gilmour; the other published by Robert and Andrew Foulis. Full mid-brown leather cover, with five raised bands to spine. 104 x 156 x 32mm. 422pp in total. Title-label missing from spine; spine leather worn and dried, with full-length vertical crack; boards better, but with scuffs and wear around edges; bookplate to front pastedown ('Horace Waddington'); f.f.e. has hand-written list of contents, probably from shortly after the book was bound; pages browned on edges, but internal text generally clean and bright, with no annotation or foxing. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Collection of Poems, containing: The whole Works of John Philips - Somerville's Chace and Hobbinol - Boileau's Lutrin - Garth's Dispensary (Four volumes bound into one)
• Publisher: J. Gilmour, R. and A. Foulis
• Publication Date: 1750
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Old and Antiquarian