Select English Pieces in Prose and Poetry. Part 1 [-Part 4]. 12mo. Parts 1 and 2 are dated 1792, Part 3 is undated, and Part 4 is dated 1798.

ANTHOLOGY

Published by Upsala, [printed by the Widow of the late Director John Edman]. 1792-1798, 1792

About this Item

Some old waterstaining, occasional marginal worming, first titlepage and final leaf & inner boards dusted, lacking rear endpaper. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards; rather rubbed, wear to corners & tail of spine. Plates signed P. Lundmark and G.B. Part 1. The Pleasures of the Imagination by Mr Addison. [2], 78pp, lacks the 2 engraved plates. ESTC T47424, BL, Cambridge, NLS, Oxford. Part 2. 80pp, 2 engraved plates. ESTC T47425, BL, Cambridge, NLS, Oxford; Harvard, Virginia. Part 3. The Vicar of Wakefield. [2], 192pp, lacks plates. ESTC T140946, BL, Cambridge, NLS, Trinity. Part 4. Colley Cibber, She Would and She Would Not. 103, [1]p errata, no plates noted on ESTC. ESTC T206905, Cambridge, NLS, Trinity. John Frederic Edman, was printer to the Royal Academy at Upsala, and this anthology was published for Swedish students of English. Ximenes (List M19) records the first two parts, confirming each with 2 engraved plates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Select English Pieces in Prose and Poetry. Part 1 [-Part 4]. 12mo. Parts 1 and 2 are dated 1792, Part 3 is undated, and Part 4 is dated 1798.
• Publisher: Upsala, [printed by the Widow of the late Director John Edman]. 1792-1798
• Publication Date: 1792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)