Shelfmark
Bm.06.27
Author
Uniform title
[Poems. Selected poems]
Title
Poems on several occasions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, and J. Barber upon Lambeth-Hill, MDCCXXI [1721].
Physical description
2v in 1 plate : ill. (port.) ; 8vo.
Note
Previously Db.6.13 and Db.7.13.
Note
Author = Matthew Prior, who signs the dedication.
Note
One poem in Latin, one in French with parallel English translation.
Note
Engraved frontispiece of author.
Note
In vol.1, "An ode, humbly inscrib'd to the Queen. On the glorious success of Her Majesty's arms, MDCCVI" and in vol.2, "Alma: or, the progress of the mind" and "Solomon on the vanity of the world" each have separate titlepage; pagination and register are continuous within each volume.
Citation/references note
ESTC T75190
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2601, no. 8).
Provenance
Label recording bequest to Eton by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
18th century blind-stamped, panelled calf.
Subject
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Barber, John, 1675 - 1740 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat fre
Identifier
B12915