The Poems of Rochester, Roscommon, and Yalden - The Works of the English Poets with prefaces by Samuel Johnson

Volume the 10th of the 1st edition published in 1779 of The Works of the English Poets with prefaces, biographical and critical, by Samuel Johnson. Brown leather bound hard cover with minor wear to spine only. The pages start at 213 and finish at 452 and are clean and possibly unread. Roscommon's poems include Horace's Art of Poetry, An Essay on Translated Verse. Thomas Yalden's works include Ovid's Art of Love, The Rape of Theutilla. Earl of Rochester's works include Love and Life, A Song, A Dialogue. Published in 1779 this volume of poetry by Roscommon and Yalden, but not Rochester, is in very good condition.