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The poetical works of Abraham Cowley ... : from the text of Dr. Sprat, &c with the life of the author.

Author/creator Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoEdinburg : At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1777.
Description4 volumes : portrait ; 13 cm.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorSprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.
Other author/creatorTate, Nahum, 1652-1715 translator.
Other author/creatorBehn, Aphra, 1640-1689 translator.
Other author/creatorLeaton, George Thomas, former owner.
Series Bell's edition. Poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill ; [v. 36-39]
Bell's edition. Poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill ; [v. 36-39]. ^A475421
Incomplete content v. 1 [36]. Miscellanies. Epistles. Elegiac poems. Prologues, epilogues -- v. 3 [38]. Of plants
Local noteJoyner-Library has: v. 1 [36] and 3 [38] only. Armorial bookplate of "Geo. Thos. Leaton, Esq." with motto "Dieu defendet le droit."
General noteAdded title page, engraved with vignette, dated 1778. Each volume has also special title page.
General noteIncludes a "great number of other poems ... omitted in Dr. Sprat's folio ... The six Books of plants are printed from the translations of Mr. Tate, Mrs. Behn, and others, and not from the author's Latin originals."--Advertisement, v. 1, p. [lviii]

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection PR1171 .B5 [V. 36] ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Rare Collection PR1171 .B5 [V. 38] ✔ Available Request Material