Sylvae: or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies.

Sylvae: or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies.

Miscellany poems. Part 2.

London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-Head in Chancery-lane near Fleetstreet, 1685.

[40], 168, 353-494, [2] p. ; (8vo)

Second in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson, 1684-1709, containing many contributions by Dryden, Addison, Pope and Prior. The first appeared as "Miscellany poems" the 5 later volumes under various titles. The present volume contains translations from Virgil, Lucretius, Theocritus and Horace, mainly by Dryden, and a long preface by him.

With a final errata leaf.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), D2379
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R1682

Great Britain -- England -- London.

D2379 copy 2

Errata inserted between b4 and B1. Provenance: signature of Hester Pinney; bookplate of John Pinney; Percy Dobell copy

D2379 copy 3

cs92. Errata pasted to b4r

D2379 Copy 4 Bd.w. D2316 copy 2

cs189. b/w "Miscellany poems" 2nd ed, 1692. 2A1-2I7 misbound before B1