Elegant extracts
Subtitle: being a copious collection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages from the most eminent British poets.
Contributors: Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821.
Publisher: John Sharpe and Hector McLean
Published: 1810
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry.; Fore-edge painting.
Other titles: Elegant extracts from the most eminent British poets.
Notes: Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB.  Issued uniformly in this ed. with his Elegant epistles, and with his Elegant extracts : being a copious selection ... from the most eminent prose writers; cf. NUC pre-1956.
In 12 books; each book has special engraved t.p., illustrated, with title: Elegant extracts from the most eminent British poets.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Devotional and moral; title: v. 2. Didactic pieces, including fables. Descriptive, narrative, and pastoral; title: v. 3 Odes, elegies, monodies, and epitaphs; title: v. 4. Dramatic; title: v. 5. Ballads, songs, &c. Satirical and humorous; title: v. 6. Larger poems.