Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687
Title:
The works of Edmund Waller, esqr., in verse and prose : published by Mr. Fenton.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for I. Tonson in ye Strand, MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description:
9 p.l., 450, xci, [1] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3750 .A1 1729+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Ij W156 +729: Plate to follow Aaaa2 misbound to precede A1.

SML,Y Ij W156 +729: Plate to follow Aaaa2 misbound to precede A1.

With engravings by George Vertue.

Title page is engraved. Contains head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials.

English short title catalogue, T101629

"Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems": xci p. at end.

BAC: British Art Center copy extra-illustrated with 120 17th and 18th century engraved plates, including portraits, views, medals, etc. Bound (in 2 volumes) in 19th-century gilt-tooled green morocco, with gilt edges. Armorial bookplate: Elton. Clevedon Court. Co. Somerset.
Subject Terms:
Tonson, I., -- Publisher. | Elton -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1729. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) -- 18th century.
Contributors:
Fenton, Elijah, 1683–1730. | Vertue, George, 1684–1756, engraver | Tonson, Jacob, 1682–1735, bookseller.