The second part of Miscellany poems. Containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets: together with several original poems. By the most eminent hands. Publish'd by Mr. Dryden.
John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
Category
Books
Date
1716
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3088525
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 396 p. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 7503. Shelved and uniform with vols. 1, 3-6. Provenance: manuscript inscription in first volume in set: "Miscellany" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript eighteenth-century former shelfmark on front pastedown: "Y.2.". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on two supports; four raised bands; single gilt fillet border; blind leaf roll pattern along board edges; gilt vol. number on spine; brown and red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Dryden (1631 - 1700) Jacob Tonson I (1655-1736) Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716)