Select English pieces in prose and poetry
Contributors: Broling, Gustaf, 1766-1838, ill; Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757; Lundmark, Pehr, active 18th century, illustrator; Broling, Gustaf, 1766-1838, illustrator; Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Publisher: For John Frederic Edman
Published: 1792
Place of publication: Upsala
Language: eng
Subjects: English literature
Other titles: Select English pieces.
Notes: Signatures: v. 1: [pi]1, A-D⁸ E⁶ [F]1; v. 2: A-E⁸ (C-E gathered in fours); v. 3: A⁸ (±A1), B-M⁸ N1 (A-E gathered in fours, A₂-₆ signed A₁-₅ and L5 signed K5); v. 4: A-F⁸ G⁴ (?)

Vol. 1: [2], 78 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 80 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], 192 p.; v. 4: 104 p.

Each v. has special t.p.

T.p. for v. 3 is a cancel, with title: Select English pieces.

Colophon, v. 1: Upsala, printed by widow of the late director John Edman, 1792; colophon, v. 2: Upsala, printed by the widow of J. Edman, 1792.

Imprint, v. 3: Printed by Joh. Fredr. Edman, printer to the Royal Academy at Upsal., [ca. 1795]; imprint, v. 4: Printed for John Fred. Edman, printer to the Royal Academy at Upsal., 1798.

Engraved illustrations (v. 1-2) by Pehr Lundmark and Gustaf Broling.

Swedish imprints, 1731-1833, v. 5, no. 1, 43, 44, 52
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The pleasures of the imagination / by Mr. Addison. The rape of the lock / [by Alexander Pope]; title: v. 2. Alexander's feast / [by John Dryden]; title: v. 3. The Vicar of Wakefield / [by Oliver Goldsmith]; title: v. 4. She would and she would not, or, The kind imposter / written by Colley Cibber.