1754-1787 The Female Patriot [With] The Mine A Dramatic Poem [With] A Hermit's Tale [With] Florio [With] Immortality

Description

Early Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

This volume contains: 

Richard Paul Jodrell's 'The Female Patriot' being a first edition. The half-title has been discarded. ESTC reference T98506. Institutionally this work is found at three locations in the U.K. Jodrell was a classical scholar and playwright, although his name is not to the title page this work has been attributed to him. 

John Sargent's 'The Mine: A Dramatic Poem' is a first edition. ESTC reference no T2392. This copy retains the half-title. 

Sophia Lee's 'A Hermit's Tale: Recorded by his own Hand' is a second edition and has been bound without the half-title.  ESTC reference no: T85992. There are four copies of this work held institutionally worldwide. Lee's first Foray into writing was a play titled 'The Chapter of Accidents' which was influenced by Diderot's comedy 'Le Pere de Famille'. 'A Hermit's Tale' is a ballad in 156 stanzas which proved to be quite popular. 

Hannah More's 'Florio' with 'The Bas Bleu' is a second edition. The half-title to this has been discarded. ESTC reference no T35623. Six copies of this work are held institutionally in the U.K. It was these poems that mark Hannah More's transition into serious views translated through her writing. 

Thomas Denton's 'Immortality' is a first edition, and retains the half-title. ESTC reference number T37010. There are seven copies held institutionally of this work. 

A charming selection of scarce poems from the eighteenth century.