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THE POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST EDITION. Complete in 13 volumes. Printed in 1793-1795. This is the rare FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING of this important set. THE WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS. A COMPLETE EDITION OF THE POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. By Robert Anderson. An early and important collection, and an important addition to any library. This set was printed in 1793-1795. A monumental effort over 2 years, released in 1795. This set is well over 220 years old! This set is COMPLETE with all 13 volumes. These are large, thick, and heavy books at 9 3/8 inches tall. Contents include every significant British Poet: Set is complete in 13 volumes. (There was a later 14th volume addended in 1807, 14 years later). This set is complete in 13 volumes. Bound in leather bindings. These are the original leather bindings from 1795! Complete 13 volume set. FIRST EDITION. Printed for John and Arthur Arch, et. al., London & Edinburgh. 1793-1795. These are large, thick, and heavy books at 9 3/8 inches tall. Good condition overall which is VERY GOOD condition for a set of books from the 1700's still bound in the original bindings. Most hinges starting as is expected but strongly attached, held strongly by the underlying binding cords. The text blocks are all tightly bound. External wear, wear to spines, as shown. These still retain the 18th century bindings and the original spine labels are generally intact but with wear as shown in the picture. Interior is well preserved. Printed on quality rag paper that will last for many more centuries. Some minor foxing. No writing or signs of previous ownership. An early, complete collection of the classic British Poets. Engraved title page. Columned text. Printed on quality paper. Contents: I (Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, Surrey, Wyatt, Sackville and a Glossary) Volume II (Spenser, Shakespeare, Davies and Hall) III (Drayton, Carew, Suckling) IV (Donne, Daniel, Browne, Fletcher, Jonson, Drummond, Crashaw, Davenant) V (Milton, Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denheam) VI (Dryden, Rochester, Roscommun, Otway, Pomfret, Stepney, Philips, Walsh, Smith, Duke, King, Sprat, Halifax) VII (Parnell, Garth, Rowe, Addison, Hughes, Sheffield, Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Fenton, Granville, Yalden) VIII (Pope, Gay, Tickell, Somerville, Parrison, Hammond, Savage, Hill, Broome, Pitt, Blair) IX (Swift w/ Life, Thomson, Watts, Hamilton, Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Mallet, Akenside, Harte) X (Young - Life Death and Immortality) XI (Wilkie, Dodsley, Smart, Langhorne, Bruce, Chatterton, Graeme, Glover, Shaw, Lovibond, Penrose, Mickle, Jago, Scott, Johnson, Whitehead, Jenyns, Logan, Warton, Cotton, Blacklock) XII (Pope's Iliad, Odyssey, Pindar, Virgil, Persius, Juvenal, Pitt's Aeneid, Rowe's Lucan, Hymn to Ceres, Pindar) XIII (Cooke's Hesiod, Fawke's Theocritus, Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Musaeus, Apollonius Rhodius, Coluthus Lycopolites, Lucretius and Tibullus. Seller Inventory # 22.08.27.en
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Title: LEATHER Set. POETS GREAT BRITAIN. Chaucer ...
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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