Miscellany : being a collection of poems / by several hands. Together with Reflections on morality, or Seneca unmasqued.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed for J. Hindmarsh ... 1685.
Description
[16], 299, [15], 301-382 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo).

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Subject(s)
Former owner
Contains
Notes
  • "Epistle dedicatory" typesigned: A. Behn.
  • A number of the poems are typesigned: By Mrs. A.B.
  • The Reflections on morality are translated by A. Behn from the Maximes of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. Cf. BM 13:1264.
  • Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-Q⁸ R⁸ (-R3,R4+R3.R4) S-U⁸ X⁴ Y-Cc⁸ Dd² (a4 blank).
  • Princeton copy 2 missing blank leaf (a4) after the table of contents.
  • Princeton copy 2 in pencil on first page: collated first edition.
Binding note
Princeton copy 2 contemporary calf, rebacked.
Provenance
Princeton copy 2 Bookplate of Eleanor Holmes Hinkley on the front pastedown and her small ink stamp on the front endpaper.
References
  • Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 177
  • Wing (2nd ed.), M2230
OCLC
2039693
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