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WOTY, William (1731-91). The Poetical Works, London: G. Scott for W. Flexney, 1770. 2 volumes, 8° (181 x 115mm.). (Some light marginal staining in upper outer corner of first few leaves of vol. one). Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces. (Lightly rubbed and scuffed). Dr. Johnson and Henry Boswell are both included in the list of subscribers.
With 22 other works in 28 volumes including Charles Sedley's The Miscellaneous Works (London, 1702), Walter Harte's Poems on Several Occasions (London, 1727), William Walsh's The Works ... In Prose and Verse (London, 1736), Thomas Catesby Paget's Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London, 1741), W. Whitehead's Poems on Several Occasions, with the Roman Father, a Tragedy (London, 1754) and Robert Fergusson's Poems (Edinburgh, 1773), all bound in contemporary calf. (30)
With 22 other works in 28 volumes including Charles Sedley's The Miscellaneous Works (London, 1702), Walter Harte's Poems on Several Occasions (London, 1727), William Walsh's The Works ... In Prose and Verse (London, 1736), Thomas Catesby Paget's Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London, 1741), W. Whitehead's Poems on Several Occasions, with the Roman Father, a Tragedy (London, 1754) and Robert Fergusson's Poems (Edinburgh, 1773), all bound in contemporary calf. (30)