Poems and plays. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. to which is prefixed the life of the author.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Contributors: Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : printed for B. Newbery and T Johnson, 1780.
Notes:The publisher's names are fictitious.

The titlepage is engraved.

The last 6-pages contain the epilogues to a play and a contents list.

It is stated on the verso of the final leaf that: "This edition contains several additions and corrections never before printed; being the only perfect one ever published of this celebrated author's poems".

On the divisional title to 'She stoops to conquer' the date of the first printing is given as 1772 instead of 1773.

Physical description: [2],x,272,[6]p.,plates : ill., port. ; 12⁰.

more