Original letters, familiar, moral and critical
London: W. Mears, 1721. Leather bound. Leather with marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Title-page states two volumes, actually one volume paginated continuously. Title-page, blank verso, (7 pp. preface, blank verson, 4 pp. TABLE) pp. 1-486. Poor, front cover lacking, rear cover and spine p[resent and together, but off of book. Sold as a complete binding copy with a minor amount of finely written marginalia. Item #173980
Paged continuously./ "A miscellany of biography, politics, literary reminiscences, and criticism ... some of the critical letters ... simply reprints.--Paul, John Dennis, p. 64./ "Letters on the genius and writings of Shakespear" (reprint of the "Essay on the genius and writings of Shakespear"): v. 2, p. [361]-406./ "Horace. Lib. II. Sat. VII": v. 2, p. 437-455. *** "This important book is scarce". Macdonald, Dryden Bibliography 330. ***.
OCLC: 1345934
Price: $950.00