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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical, in prose and verse

Print Book, English, 1720
The 5th ed., corrected from the errors of the former impressions View all formats and editions
Printed for S. Briscoe, London, 1720
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5 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits 18 cm
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v. 1. [Essays, poems, satires, and epigrams] A collection of original letters on several occasions. Aristaenetus's epistles, translated from the original Greek. Epistles out of Pliny junior. M. Tully Cicero's epistles. Letters from the best French authors
v.2. Letters from the dead to the living and from the living to the dead ..
v.3. Amusements serious and comical; calculated for the meridian of London. Letters serious and comical. Diverting letters and billetdoux
v.4. The Odes of Horace translated. Martial's translated Epigrams. Fables. Miscellanies. Dialogues of the dead, in imitation of Lucian. A supplement ... v. 5. Prophesies ... Legacy for the ladies, or characters of the women of the age ..
Vol. 1-4 have additional title pages dated 1719; v. 3-4, 4th ed.; main t.p. of v. 1 only bears note of 5th ed. This appears also on additional title-pages of v. 1-2
Vol. 5 has title: "The remains of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical, in prose and verse ... collected from scarce papers and original mss., which makes his works compleat", with additional special t.p
"A character of Mr. Tho. Brown ... written by James Drake" ([11] p.) prefixed to v. 1