Poems. THE ENGLISH ORATOR : Book the First; Book the Second; Book the Third; Book the Fourth; an Ode on the Susceptibility of the Poetical Character; Twenty Sonnets; Epistle to a College friend; the Lock Transformed; Notes on the English Orator

Polwhele, Richard ( Rev. )

Published by T. Cadell & C. Dilly, London, 1788

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Title Page for the whole work followed by Title Page for "The English Orator, Book The First, Third Edition" Dated 1788. 2 Page "Argument" followed by "Book the First" . Books Second, Third and Fourth are all preceeded by the Argument. 189 Pages. Followed by "Address to Thomas Pennant Esq, 1797, ( a Poem in just Praise of Cornwall ) Pages 190 - 194; ODE, on the Susceptibility of the Poetical Mind, 1790, Pages 195 - 200. SONNETS, Pages 201 - 222, Epistle to a College-Friend, Pages 14 Pages; "The Lock Transformed", Written 1782, (printed pagination in upper marging inked out and Nos. 15 - 20 Handwritten. NOTES on THE ENGLISH ORATOR. Paginated to 8. Finally a List of Published Works, Dated 1791. In contemporary Brown Calf Full-Leather Binding with Gilt Title on Dark Red Ground to Spine. 10 1/2" Tall, 860g. Very interesting Poetical Work considering the Art & Purpose of Oration. Considers the Ancient Rhetoricians, including Aristotle, Demosthenes, Cicero etc. "The First Books Considers the Elementary Part of the Subject; The Second, The Eloquence of The Bar; The Third, The Eloquence of The State; The Fourth, The Eloquence of The Pulpit.". Antique, illustrated Bookplate on Endpaper "Comyns, Wood". No inscriptions except the pagination mentioned. Very nice, clean copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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• Title: Poems. THE ENGLISH ORATOR : Book the First; Book the Second; Book the Third; Book the Fourth; an Ode on the Susceptibility of the Poetical Character; Twenty Sonnets; Epistle to a College friend; the Lock Transformed; Notes on the English Orator
• Publisher: T. Cadell & C. Dilly, London
• Publication Date: 1788
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cornish Interest
  • Poetry
  • Antiquarian Books