PHILIPS, John (1676-1709) Cyder, a poem in two books, London, for Jacob Tonson, 1708, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht, half title, disbound [Foxon P237] -- THOMSON, James. The Castle of Indolence, an allegorical poem, London, for A. Millar, 1748, 4°, FIRST EDITION, final advertisement leaf (inner margins wormed), disbound [Foxon T181]; and 9 others, including 2 works by John Gay. (11)

细节

PHILIPS, John (1676-1709) Cyder, a poem in two books, London, for Jacob Tonson, 1708, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht, half title, disbound [Foxon P237] -- THOMSON, James. The Castle of Indolence, an allegorical poem, London, for A. Millar, 1748, 4°, FIRST EDITION, final advertisement leaf (inner margins wormed), disbound [Foxon T181]; and 9 others, including 2 works by John Gay. (11)

拍品专文

Philips was paid 40 guineas by Tonson for his work, an imitation of Virgil's Georgics, and also received one hundred copies on large paper and two dedication copies bound in Turkey leather.