Accession number
PML 129032-33
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published
London : Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1782-1786.
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp, 2002.
Notes
Publisher's advertisement (contents) for v. 1 (last page of v. 2).
Vol. 1 First edition, 1782; Vol. 2 "The Second Edition", 1786.
"Poems by William Cowper, Esq. Vol. II"--Half-title p., vol. 2.
"February 1, 1786. Proposals for printing by subscription, a new translation of the Illiad and Odyssey of Homer, into blank verse. By W. Cowper ...conditions ..."--Verso of vol. 2 half-title, facing t.p.
" ... Volume the second. Containing The Task. An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq., Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools. and The History of John Gilpin."
Errata [v. 1]: verso of p. 367.
Inscribed Ellen Parr, on t.p. of both vols., W. Robson, and Povey at back of v. 1. [Vol. 1] is lacking numbering on t.p of "vol. 1" which is 1782/First ed. , annotated at front, vol. 1 without preface & pp. 59/6 & 123/4, cancels.
Vol. 1 First edition, 1782; Vol. 2 "The Second Edition", 1786.
"Poems by William Cowper, Esq. Vol. II"--Half-title p., vol. 2.
"February 1, 1786. Proposals for printing by subscription, a new translation of the Illiad and Odyssey of Homer, into blank verse. By W. Cowper ...conditions ..."--Verso of vol. 2 half-title, facing t.p.
" ... Volume the second. Containing The Task. An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq., Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools. and The History of John Gilpin."
Errata [v. 1]: verso of p. 367.
Inscribed Ellen Parr, on t.p. of both vols., W. Robson, and Povey at back of v. 1. [Vol. 1] is lacking numbering on t.p of "vol. 1" which is 1782/First ed. , annotated at front, vol. 1 without preface & pp. 59/6 & 123/4, cancels.
Description
2 v. ([4], 367, [1]; [8], 359, [1]) p. ; 20 cm.
Provenance
Ellen Parr ; W. Robson ; Povey ; Charles Ryskamp.
Binding
Brown calf, rebacked, volume numbering & "Cowper's Poems" on spine, bound as set.
Classification
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