Essays serious and comical : viz. ... : to which are added, characters satyrical and panegyrical, letters amorous and gallant, miscellaneous poems, the English epigrammatist, and the instructive library : fitted to the humour of the age / by a Person of Quality.
1707
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Title
Essays serious and comical : viz. ... : to which are added, characters satyrical and panegyrical, letters amorous and gallant, miscellaneous poems, the English epigrammatist, and the instructive library : fitted to the humour of the age / by a Person of Quality.
Created/published
London : Printed by R.J. and sold by B. Bragg, at the Raven in Paster-noster-row, 1707.
Description
[8], 280 p. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Janeway, Richard, active 1691-1724, attributed name, printer.
Bragge, Benjamin, bookseller.
Yonge, Wm. (William), active 1721, former owner.
Bragge, Benjamin, bookseller.
Yonge, Wm. (William), active 1721, former owner.
Note
Collection of essays deveoted to fun and humor; includes sketches of social characters, a group of imaginary amorous letters and a mock-auction catalogue containing false titles like, "A panegyrick upon carrots" and "The utopian adventure, or, Sylvia's search for her maidenhead."
"By several hands?"--New Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
The instructive library (p. [269]-280)--has special title page: "A catalogue of choice and valuable books in most faculties" with imprint "Lunopolis: Printed for the Man in the Moon, in the year 1707."
"R.J." is probably Richard Janeway, with whom Bragg collaborated on other publications.
Signatures: A⁴ B-S⁸ T⁴.
Title within double rule borders.
"By several hands?"--New Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
The instructive library (p. [269]-280)--has special title page: "A catalogue of choice and valuable books in most faculties" with imprint "Lunopolis: Printed for the Man in the Moon, in the year 1707."
"R.J." is probably Richard Janeway, with whom Bragg collaborated on other publications.
Signatures: A⁴ B-S⁸ T⁴.
Title within double rule borders.
Contents
(from title page) The art of pleasing in women
The playhouse
The town
The universities
Philosophy not proof against love
On politicians and coffee-houses
Tea-tables
Self-conceit
Travel
Flattery
Swearing and profane jesting
The court.
The playhouse
The town
The universities
Philosophy not proof against love
On politicians and coffee-houses
Tea-tables
Self-conceit
Travel
Flattery
Swearing and profane jesting
The court.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N9452
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II, 344
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II, 344
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Poetical miscellanies.
Satires (literary works)
Epigrams.
Essays.
Fictitious imprints.
Poetical miscellanies.
Satires (literary works)
Epigrams.
Essays.
Fictitious imprints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
259- 341q
Folger-specific note
Autograph: Wm Yonge, 1721. In an early Cambridge-style binding.
Folger accession
259341