The quintessence of English poetry: or, A collection of all the beautiful passages in our poems and plays: . from the celebrated Spencer. The whole instructive, moral, and humourous; and adapted to all degrees of mankind: ... collected from many hundred volumes, by several eminent hands. To which is prefix'd, An alphabetical catalogue of authors, poems, and plays ... Also an historical and critical review of all the essays of this kind hitherto published. ...
Thomas Hayward (d.1779?)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3115129.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. . 12mo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. - Manuscript inscription on title pages: 'Mary Curzon' [(1695-1776)]. Binding: Eighteenth-centuryfull sprinkled calf, double gilt fillet, edges sprinkled red, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered on spine label 'English poetry'.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hayward (d.1779?) William Oldys (1696-1761)