The history of English poetry,. from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed, three dissertations: 1. Of the origin of romantic fiction in Europe. 2. On the introduction of learning into England. 3. On the Gesta Romanorum. By Thomas Warton, [...].
Thomas Warton the Younger (Basingstoke 1728 - Oxford 1790)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3103998
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition carefully revised, with numerous additional notes by the late Mr. Ritson, the late Dr. Ashby, Mr. Douce, Mr. Park, and other eminent antiquaries, and by the editor. In four volumes. [...].. 4v., plate. 8vo. Binding: Nineteenth-century brown calf, gilt spine tooling , gilt fillet on covers, blind tooling on board outers and inners, black spine labels and marbled endpapers and text block page edges. Provenance: Bookplate "William Gibbs" and "en dios mi amparo y esperanza" with armoured arm holding an axe.
Makers and roles
Thomas Warton the Younger (Basingstoke 1728 - Oxford 1790) Richard Price (1790-1833)