Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743-1824
Title:
Sorrows : sacred to the memory of Penelope.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. and sold by Messrs. Cadell and Davies; Edwards, Pall-Mall; and Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1796.
Physical Description:
89 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN4149.B954 S6 1796+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
ESTC and Halkett & Laing attribute authorship to Sir Brooke Boothby.

Engraved head- and tail pieces accompany some poems.

Engravings by Thomas Kirk and William Byrne; after Sir Joshua Reynolds after John Glover.

Without signatures.

English short title catalogue, T101562

Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language (3rd ed.), v. 5, p. 332

Followed by other poems (p. [37]-89).

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled red morocco. Gilt edges. With armorial bookplate of Rupert Gunnis.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 18th century. | Boothby, Penelope, 1785–1791 -- Poetry. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. | Keeves, A. Bernard C. K. -- Bookplate -- Ownership. (AOB copy) | W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1796. | Poetry.
Contributors:
Glover, John, 1767–1849, ill. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, ill. | Byrne, William, 1743–1805, engraver. | Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797, engraver. | W. Bulmer and Co. printer.