Poems on Several Occasions [WITH] The Splendid Shilling [WITH] Cyder. A Poem

  • London: V.p., 1728
By John Philips
London: V.p., 1728. Very Good-. Three volume in one. Mixed Editions. 12mo (16cm); full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, unadorned spine in six compartments. Joints cracked but still holding at cords, margins rubbed, gilt quite dulled, a few scars to rear cover leather, old bookseller description and manuscript notes to front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature to title page of first volume, else a Good, internally clean and sound volume. Contents as follows:

1. "Poems on Several Occasions." Fourth Edition. London: Printed, and Sold by Thomas Astley at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1728. 46pp.; engraved author portrait frontispiece. ESTC T42621

2. "The Splendid Shilling, an Imitation of Milton. To which is added, Bleinheim." London: Printed for E. Curll, 1728. 23,[1]pp. ESTC T125206

3. "Cyder. A Poem. In Two Books." London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, 1727. Third Edition. 72pp.; bucolic engraved frontispiece depicting two women picking apples. ESTC T125205.

Collection of poems often bound together by the late John Philips (1676-1709). With publisher's advertisement for "The Shoe-Heel" printed below imprint of first volume.

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