The First Book of T. Lucretius Carus of the Nature of Things / The Castle of Indolence / Almeyda, Queen of Granada / Letters of an Irish Helot;

Lucretius; W. Hamilton Drummond, James Thomson; Sophia Lee

Published by Dublin

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17 x 10.5 cm. 16mo. Four scarce Dublin works bound together in one volume with seperate paginations. First work: "The First Book of T. Lucretius Carus of the Nature of Things" Translated into English by William Hamilton Drummond, printed in Edinburgh by Mundell, Doig & Stevenson in 1808, xvii 79pp, 8 ads. Following this is "The Castle of Indolence", a poem by James Thomson. pp 5-60pp, 3pp ads. This is the edition described at ESTC T61549, published in Dublin and printed by George and Alexander Ewing and Richard James with their ads in the rear in 1748. It is lacking the title page. The first Dublin edition, published the same year in London. Following this is "Almeyda, Queen of Granada. A Tragedy in Five Acts" By Sophia Lee, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Druy-Lane. Printed by Brett Smith in 1796 in Dublin. 68pp [2] ESTC T21282. Following this is "Letters of an Irish Helot; to the Seven Northern Counties jnot Represented in the National Assembly of Delegates, held at Dublin, in October, 1784". by William Drennan, printed in Dublin, 1785, "originally published in the Belfast News-Letter". 60pp. ESTC T194849. These are bound into 3/4 leather, with black leather spine label reading "poems", though one is a play and one a political tract. The front hinge is very tender and partially detached. Scuffing and rubbing to boards. Seller Inventory # 70642

Bibliographic Details

Title: The First Book of T. Lucretius Carus of the ...

Publisher: Dublin

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition