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PHILLIPS, Edward. Theatrum Poetarum, or a Compleat Collection of the Poets, especially the most Eminent, of all Ages. London: for Charles Smith, 1675. 2 parts in one volume, 12°, with the blank leaves **11&12 (light browning and spotting, some top margins cut close). 19th-century polished calf gilt, marbled edges (slightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners). Second edition of this useful bio-bibliography by the lexicographer and historian, Edward Phillips. At the end of the supplement are two sections on ancient and modern poetesses. Wing P2075.
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