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The works in verse and prose of William Shenstone, Esq. : most of which were never before printed : in two volumes, with decorations ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
Corporate Author: R. and J. Dodsley (booksellers.)
Other Authors: Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764.
Subjects:
English poetry > 18th century.
English prose literature > 18th century.
English poetry.
Poetry.
Printed books > England > London > 18th century > Specimens.
Description
Item Description:Title-vignettes, engraved head- and tailpieces.
Edited by Robert Dodsley, with his preface.
Includes plan of The Leasowes.
Page numbers 240-247 omitted in volume 2. Cf. Williams.
Tables of contents: volume 1, at end; volume 2, at beginning.
In this edition the title page vignette is that of a kingfisher.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:2 volumes, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait., folded plan ; 21 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:England -- London.