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Poetry. Sammelband of 42 separately published poetry items and related, 1738-40, including: [Swift, Jonathan], Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself: Nov. 1731, 1st edition, for C. Bathurst, 1739, [2],18pp., vignette with cockerel on title, publisher’s advert at foot of final page, bound with The Jew’s Complaint, or, The Christian Whore, for W. Lloyd, 1738, 10pp., bound with Hill (John), Orpheus: an English Opera, for John Clarke 1740, 7,[1],16,[2]pp., lower outer blank corners of final four leaves including advert leaf torn with loss, final page dust-soiled, bound with ‘Translation of the Latin Epitaph, published in Old Common Sense, Feb. 3 1738’, [London? 1738?], 2 copies, single sheet broadside, double column parallel translation, verso blank, bound with 37 other poetry publications, all published 1738-40, many anonymous and many published by Thomas Cooper or Charles Bathurst contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with six raised bands, rubbed, slight wear to extremities, lacks spine label (titled ‘Collection of Poems’), folio (33.5 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1) Full list in bound order: 1) [Delany, Patrick], Longford’s-Glyn, or the Willow and the Brook; a True History, Faithfully Translated from the Irish Original, 2nd edition, for Charles Bathurst 1739, [4],11,[1]pp. Foxon D201. 2) [Pilkington, Laetitia], The Statues: or, the Trial of Constancy. A Tale for the Ladies, for T. Cooper, 1739, 18pp., lacks final blank. Foxon P279; Rothschild 223. 3) The Year of Wonders, Being a Literal and Poetical Translation of an Old Latin Prophecy, Found near Merlin’s Cave, by S[tephe]n D[uc]k, Printed and Sold by J. Johnson 1737, 6pp, lacks final blank, small tear with loss to upper blank outer corner of final leaf, uncut. Foxon Y14. 4) Seventeen Hundred and Thirty-nine. Or, the Modern P——S, a Satire, for T. Reynolds, 1739, 8pp. Foxon S354; Rothschild 221-2. 5) [Swift, Jonathan], Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift. Written by Himself: Nov. 1731, 1st edition, for C. Bathurst, 1739, [2],18pp., vignette with cockerel on title, publisher’s advert at foot of final page. Foxon S290; Rothschild 2166-8; Teerink 771. 6) Whitehead (Paul), Manners: A Satire, [reimpression], for R. Dodsley, 1739, [2],17,[1]pp., no type flowers between title and text on p. 3. Foxon W418. 7) Meredith (James), Manners Decypher’d. A Reply to Mr. Whitehead, on his Satire Call’d Manners, for T. Cooper, [1739], [2],12pp., lacks final advert leaf. Foxon M189. 8) Characters: An Epistle to Alexander Pope Esq; and Mr. Whitehead, for T. Cooper, 1739. 15,[1]pp. Foxon C129. 9) Epidemical Madness: A Poem in Imitation of Horace, for J. Brindley, 1739, 16pp. Foxon E345. 10) Solitude. An Irregular Ode, Inscribed to a Friend, for L. Gilliver and J. Clark 1738, 15,[1]pp. Foxon S552. 11 & 42) ‘Translation of the Latin Epitaph, published in Old Common Sense, Feb. 3 1738’, [London? 1738?], single sheet broadside, double column parallel translation, verso blank. ESTC 51588. 12) L[or]d B[olingbro]ke’s Speech upon the Convention, for Jacob Littleton, 1739, 7,[1]pp., uncut. Foxon L80. 13) The Green-Cloth: or, the Verge of the Court. An Epistle to a Friend, by Mr. W——d [probably Paul Whitehead], for F. Noble and J. Boydel, 1739, 18pp. Foxon G276. 14) The Tit-Bit. A Tale, for T. Cooper, 1738, 8pp. Foxon T320. 15) A Congratulatory Poem: Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, on the Conclusion of the Convention between their Majesties of Great-Britain and Spain, for J. Brett 1739, 8pp. Foxon C349. 16) Meredith (James), An Essay on the Divine Attributes…, for J. Hawkins, 1738, 18,[2]pp., two lines manuscript errata at foot of final page, advert leaf at rear (verso blank). Foxon M188. 17) A Hopeful Convention Agreed Upon, and Design’d for the Benefit of Trade. An Inconceivable Curious Medley, for M. Watson, [1739], [5],8-18pp. Foxon H306. 18) E[dinburg]h’s Instructions to their Member, for Patrick Ramsay, 1739, 7,[1]pp. Foxon E24. 19) Achilles to Chiron. B