A NEW COLLECTION OF POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. By Mr. Prior, and others. Adorned with cuts.

PRIOR, Matthew, and others.

Published by London: printed for Tho. Osborne in Gray's-Inn near the Walks, 1725

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12mo, pp. [iv], 32; 38, [41]-129, [1] blank; [viii], 34, [2] contents; with an engraved frontispiece portrait and three other plates; bound in contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt (a bit worn, numbered '2' on spine). First edition of an important little miscellany, as the greater part of it consists of poems by Matthew Prior not contained in the collected edition of 1718. Of additional interest is 'The Bubble' by Swift: this poem was first published in 1721, but the early separate editions are very rare. Also included are three poems by William Pattison, and a popular bawdy poem by Hildebrand Jacob called 'The Curious Maid' (first printed in 1720). For further remarks on this miscellany, see Foxon's note in the Book Collector, Spring 1959, p. 69. A very good copy, complete with the leaf of dedication to Sir Henry Hussey, signed 'Philo-Musis', which is missing from some copies. The portrait is engraved by J. Clark (dated 1722); the three other plates are by Gerard Vander Gucht. This miscellany was intended to accompany a duodecimo edition of the works of Prior. Two variants of the title-page have been identified: in this one the ornament has a face and crossed trumpets. Foxon p. 642; Case 334; Teerink, Swift, pp. 308-9.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A NEW COLLECTION OF POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. By Mr. Prior, and others. Adorned with cuts.
• Publisher: London: printed for Tho. Osborne in Gray's-Inn near the Walks
• Publication Date: 1725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry