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[2], 34 p. |
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Library of English literature ; LEL 40150
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| Note |
Page 3 misnumbered 1. |
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Title ornament; decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. |
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The advertisement contains an explanation that the public attributed the poems to a lady of quality, to John Gay and to "no other hand, than the judicious translator of Homer" [i.e. Alexander Pope] |
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Authorship of "The basset-table," "Roxana," and "The toilet" attributed severally to Alexander Pope, John Gay, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (cf. Ralph Straus. The unspeakable Curll) These three works were first published piratically by Edmund Curll in 1716 (misdated 1706 on title-page) as "Court poems" (cf. Cambridge history of English literature) |
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"In contents this edition varies from those of 1716 and 1719."--R.H. Griffith. Alexander Pope: a bibliography. |
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Corresponds to Griffith 175 or 176. |
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Advertisement by the bookseller.--The basset-table.--Roxana, or The drawing-room.--The toilet.--The looking-glass.--To Mr. Lintot. Written, (as he says) by Mr. Pope.--A version of the first Psalm. For the use of a young lady.--To the ingenious Mr. Moore, author of the celebrated worm-powder.--Mr. Pope's answer to the following question of Mrs. Howe. [What is prudery?]--Epitaph, at Stanton-Harcourt in Oxfordshire.--To Lady Mary Wortley Montague.--Verses occasioned by Mr. Tickell's translation of the first Iliad of Homer.--Answer to the foregoing verses. Presented to the countess of Warwick.--Verses occasion'd by a young lady's fall, as she was running down Richmond-hill in company, 1725. |
| Reproduction |
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40150) |
| Added Author |
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
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