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123 - [Dryden (John)] et al. Miscellany Poems. Containing a New Translation of Virgilles Ecologues... first edition, with the following three parts (of 6), published under various titles, first editions, comprising Sylvae: Or the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, 1685; Examen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 1693; The Annual Miscellany for the year 1694. Being the Fourth Part of Miscellany Poems, 1694, fourth part with engraved frontispiece, first part with advertisement f. to rear, bookplates, various ownership ink inscriptions and library stamps, scattered foxing, hinges cracked or starting to crack, contemporary calf, very rubbed, joints worn and splitting, spine labels fading, scuffs to covers, [ESTC R297; R1682; R122; R22916], Jacob Tonson, 8vo, 1684-94(4)
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[Dryden (John)] et al. Miscellany Poems. Containing a New Translation of Virgilles Ecologues... first edition, with the following three parts (of 6), published under various titles, first editions, comprising Sylvae: Or the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, 1685; Examen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 1693; The Annual Miscellany for the year 1694. Being the Fourth Part of Miscellany Poems, 1694, fourth part with engraved frontispiece, first part with advertisement f. to rear, bookplates, various ownership ink inscriptions and library stamps, scattered foxing, hinges cracked or starting to crack, contemporary calf, very rubbed, joints worn and splitting, spine labels fading, scuffs to covers, [ESTC R297; R1682; R122; R22916], Jacob Tonson, 8vo, 1684-94(4) *** The fourth part also known as the 'third book' due to the second edition of the first and second parts being published together in 1 vol. in 1692. This first edition run is less common than the later 3 vol. set more often seen at auction.
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