The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bart̳
Subtitle: in two volumes containing his poems, plays, &c. with memoirs of the author's life by an eminent hand and his picture curiously engrav'd from an original painting
Contributors: Ayloffe, W. (William); Strachan, William, Baronet, former owner; Bathurst, Edward, active 1724-1725, former owner; Jack Harris Samuels Library
Publisher: Printed for S. Briscoe ... and sold by T. Bickerton ...
Published: 1722
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Work titles: Works
Notes: The "t̳" in "Bart" is superscript on t.p.

Title page in red and black.

Added t.p.: The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bart in prose and verse in two volumes containing the translations of Virgil's pastorals ...

Vol. 2 entitled: The second volume of the works ..., with a preface signed: W. Ayloffe.

Each major work has a separate t.p. dated between 1716-1719 but text and register are continuous.

Apparently a reissue in which the t.p. in red & black differs from original t.p. in wording, and an engraved portrait of Briscoe's 1722 edition.

Pagination v.1 [25], 4-12, 15-189, 224-260, [2], 265-285, [5], 261-314, [2]; v.2 [24], 384 p.

Rare Book copy: From the library of William Strachan with his bookplate.

Rare Book copy: Ownership inscription of Edward Bathurst 1724/5 on front endpaper.

Rare Book copy: Contemporary plain leather binding.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T72753

Bequest of Mollie Harris Samuels