Eighteenth Century English Verse
ENGLISH VERSE -- A collection of 8 works, in verse, all folio, bound in one vol., contemporary half calf over marbled boards (upper cover detached), armorial bookplate of Thomas Somers Cocks, comprising:
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ENGLISH VERSE -- A collection of 8 works, in verse, all folio, bound in one vol., contemporary half calf over marbled boards (upper cover detached), armorial bookplate of Thomas Somers Cocks, comprising:
a) [JOHNSON, Samuel.] London, a poem in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal, London, for R. Dodsley, 1738, 2°, second edition, 10ll. (title slightly soiled along fold mark and with small hole at inner margin) [Foxon J77]
b) SMART, Chritopher (translator) -- POPE, Alexander. Carmen ... in S. Caeciliam Latine redditum, Canterbury, J. Bentham impensis authoris, 1743, FIRST EDITION OF SMART'S TRANSLATION, parallel text in English and Latin, manuscript errata on final leaf, perhaps in Smart's hand but probably clerical. [Foxon S490: "some copies have manuscript errata"; Griffith 581; Rothschild 1862]
c) Bishop Ridley's Ghost, a poem occasion'd by the present unnatural rebellion in favour of a Popish Pretender, London, for M. Cooper, 1745, FIRST EDITION, 10ll. (title somewhat soiled and torn along centre fold with v. slight loss, similar tears in B1-2, E3, slightly affecting text, some lower outer corners creased and soiled) [Foxon B230: records only 2 copies]
d) The Rival Wives; or, the greeting of Clarissa to Skirra in the Elysian Shades, London, for W. Lloyd, 1738, FIRST EDITION (slight soiling of corners) [Foxon R217]
e) WHITEHEAD, William. Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth, an epistle, London, for R. Dodsley and sold by M. Cooper, 1743, FIRST EDITION (lacking final 2 leaves, D1-2) [Foxon W434]
f) [COOKE, Thomas] Immortality Reveal'd, a poem in four epistles to a friend, London, by W. Bowyer, 1745, FIRST EDITION, errata on p. viii partly in manuscript, 44ll. [Foxon C415: records 3 copies]
g) MARVELL, A. pseudonym. Satirical and Panegyrical Instructions to Mr. William Hogarth, Painter, on Admiral Vernon's taking Porto Bello with six ships of war only, London, for H. Goreham, 1740, FIRST EDITION, 10ll. [Foxon S78]
h) TATE, Nahum. An Entire Set of the Monitors, intended for the promoting of religion and virtue, and suppressing of vice and immorality, [London, no imprint], March 2 1712-13 to April 24 1713, 21 numbers on single folio sheets preceded by title, all in verse (title holed and repaired at foot, first issue torn with slight loss).
a) [JOHNSON, Samuel.] London, a poem in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal, London, for R. Dodsley, 1738, 2°, second edition, 10ll. (title slightly soiled along fold mark and with small hole at inner margin) [Foxon J77]
b) SMART, Chritopher (translator) -- POPE, Alexander. Carmen ... in S. Caeciliam Latine redditum, Canterbury, J. Bentham impensis authoris, 1743, FIRST EDITION OF SMART'S TRANSLATION, parallel text in English and Latin, manuscript errata on final leaf, perhaps in Smart's hand but probably clerical. [Foxon S490: "some copies have manuscript errata"; Griffith 581; Rothschild 1862]
c) Bishop Ridley's Ghost, a poem occasion'd by the present unnatural rebellion in favour of a Popish Pretender, London, for M. Cooper, 1745, FIRST EDITION, 10ll. (title somewhat soiled and torn along centre fold with v. slight loss, similar tears in B1-2, E3, slightly affecting text, some lower outer corners creased and soiled) [Foxon B230: records only 2 copies]
d) The Rival Wives; or, the greeting of Clarissa to Skirra in the Elysian Shades, London, for W. Lloyd, 1738, FIRST EDITION (slight soiling of corners) [Foxon R217]
e) WHITEHEAD, William. Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth, an epistle, London, for R. Dodsley and sold by M. Cooper, 1743, FIRST EDITION (lacking final 2 leaves, D1-2) [Foxon W434]
f) [COOKE, Thomas] Immortality Reveal'd, a poem in four epistles to a friend, London, by W. Bowyer, 1745, FIRST EDITION, errata on p. viii partly in manuscript, 44ll. [Foxon C415: records 3 copies]
g) MARVELL, A. pseudonym. Satirical and Panegyrical Instructions to Mr. William Hogarth, Painter, on Admiral Vernon's taking Porto Bello with six ships of war only, London, for H. Goreham, 1740, FIRST EDITION, 10ll. [Foxon S78]
h) TATE, Nahum. An Entire Set of the Monitors, intended for the promoting of religion and virtue, and suppressing of vice and immorality, [London, no imprint], March 2 1712-13 to April 24 1713, 21 numbers on single folio sheets preceded by title, all in verse (title holed and repaired at foot, first issue torn with slight loss).