The poetical register : or, The lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets. : With an account of their writings.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for E. Curll, in Fleetstreet,
MDCCXIX-MDCCXX. [1719-1720]
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| Item Description: | Title-page of volume 2 reads: An historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets, whether epick, lyrick, elegiack, epigramatists, &c. London, Printed for E. Curll in Pater-Noster-Row, M. DCC. XX. [1720]. By Giles Jacob. See the dedication, volume 1, page vii (signed: G.J.), and the article on Giles Jacob, volume 2, pages 299-300. Signatures: volume 1: A⁸, a⁴, B⁸-Y⁸, Z⁴-2A⁴, 2B²; volume 2: A⁸, a⁸, B⁸-Y⁸, [Z]¹. Vol. 1: vii pages, 13 unnumbered pages, 433, that is, 334 pages, 22 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates; volume 2: xxvi pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 328 pages, 10 unnumbered pages (last page blank), 8 unnumbered leaves of plates. Volume 1, unnumbered pages 1-2, 1st group (A¹), blank. Volume 1 has frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; volume 2 has frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of plates. Number of plates taken from Arnott & Robinson. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. "Addenda & corrigenda," volume 2, pages 333-334 Includes errata (volume 1, unnumbered page [2] at end; volume 2: unnumbered page 9 at end). Includes index of authors, an index of plays, and an index of the most celebrated poems. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 21 cm (8vo) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |