The Shepherd's Week: In Six Pastorials

John Gay

Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1924

About this Item

Just as Swift's suggestion the " A Newgate pastoral might make an odd, pretty sort of thing " was the origin of Gay's famous 'Beggar's Opera,' so a hint from Pope produced his 'Shepherd's Week in which the poet obtains ridiculous effects by describing the actual life of a uustic in the time of Queen Anne, with al the circumstance of the convention pastora; poem from Virgil to Ambrose Philips. Book is near fine with a very fine paper label on the front board. Book is bound in gray paper over boards.Except for a pencil notation on the first free end paper, the untrimmed book is spotless.Jacket is very good * with tow small chips on the spine ends and a small chip in the front. Book is quite rare and exceptional in this condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Shepherd's Week: In Six Pastorials
• Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good