In the press, and speedily will be published, part I of Archaica, containing a reprint of scarce Old English tracts, with prefaces and notes, critical and biographical.
Published / Created:
[London] : T. Davison, Lombard-street, Whitefriars, [1814?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts PR1121 .G74 1814+ Oversize
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Caption title.Philomena, the first part of Archaica, was published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown in 1814."The first tract proposed to be printed is Robert Greene's Philomela, or, Lady Fitzwater's Nightingale : an interesting prototype of our modern novels : the Archaica will be handsomely printed in Royal Octavo : also in the press, and speedily will be published, part I.--of Heliconia, containing a reprint of the most scarce and curious collections of our Old English poetry, first published in the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with notes, biographical and illustrative, by Thomas Park, F.S.A. and other gentlemen most conversant in that branch of literature : the Heliconia will be handsomely printed in Royal Quarto."
Subject Terms:
Greene, Robert, 1558–1592. Philomela, the Lady Fitzwater's nightingale. | Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762–1837. Archaica. | Park, Thomas, 1759–1834. Heliconia. | English prose literature. | Book industries and trade -- Great Britain.