The History Of English Poetry From The Close Of The Eleventh To The Commencement Of The Eighteenth

by Thomas Warton

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First edition

London: J. Dodsley et al. , 1775-81. First edition of volumes 2 and 3, second issue of volume 1; 3 volumes, 4to, full contemporary diced calf, perfunctorily rebacked, gilt paneled spines, red morocco labels; very good, sound set. To volume 3 is prefixed a third dissertation on the Gesta Romanorum. Lowndes, p. 2847, calls the work a most curious, valuable, and interesting literary history, and reports the existence of a fourth volume which consisted of a

• Binding: Leather

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