1737 The Art of English Poetry in Two Volumes

  
The Art of English Poetry with a Dictionary of Rhymes, Edward Bysshe, Printed for A. Symon, Volume I (8th Edition), Volume II (7th Edition), 3/4 leather, 6.75 x 4, 12mo. Boards show typical wear with light scuffing, edge wear. Slight soiling to marbled boards.

Six compartment spine with gilt date lettering on bottom extreme. Leather ex-Libris plaque with butterfly on both paste downs. Repaired title page in volume one. Text blocks are typically toned, foxed.

First published in 1702 and frequently reprinted during the first half of the 18th century, the second part of this work was criticized for its reduction of poetry to mechanical quotations based on themes. The rhyming dictionary, presented as part three, however, was the first serious attempt at such a compilation. Hogarth satirized its used in the'The Distrest Poet' (1736), but in reality complies were found in the libraries of Johnson, Goldsmith and Blake.. Evidently continued to be consulted by later poets.

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• Binding: 3/4 Leather
• Place of Publication: London
• Language: English
• Author: Edward Bysshe
• Publisher: A. Osborn
• Topic: Poetry
• Subject: Rhetoric
• Year Printed: 1737
• Original/Facsimile: Original