The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq.

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Names: Shenstone, William, 1714-1763 (Author); Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764 (Editor); Woodfall, H. S. (Henry Sampson), 1739-1805 (Printer); Dodsley, James, 1724-1797 (Bookseller); Pickman, William Gayton, (Former owner); Pickman, Elizabeth (Former owner); Pickman, Elizabeth (Inscriber); Eveleigh, Mary (Former owner); Eveleigh, Mary (Inscriber); Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 (Former owner); Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 (Former owner)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1773; Place: London; Publisher: Printed by H.S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; Edition: The fourth edition.
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Rare 828-S (Shenstone, W. Works)
Topics: Shenstone, William, 1714-1763; Shenstone, William, 1714-1763 -- Anthologies; English poetry -- 18th century; Leasowes Garden (Halesowen, England)
Genres: Books
Notes: Citation/reference: English short title catalogue, T92449; Content: A third volume, containing letters, was issued in the same year, and marked "third edition."; Content: Edition statement precedes volume enumeration on title page.; Content: Preface signed: R. Dodsley.; Content: Vol. 1: 332, [4] p.; v. 2: vii, [1], 343, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.; Content: Signatures: v. 1: A-X⁸; v. 2: A⁴ B-Y⁸ Z⁴.; Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare 828-S (accession no. B526909) with bookplate on front pastedown: "The property of William Gayton Pickman. The wicked borrow, and return not." ; Inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "Elizabeth Pickman.", [in a different hand] "Mary Eveleigh to Phillis Wheatley Septr. 24-- 74." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Physical Description: Extent: 2 v. : illustration, map, portrait ; 18 cm
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 359516; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21963640; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d2dfed20-c273-013e-d1aa-0242ac110004

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