A collection of plays and poems / by the late Col. Robert Munford, of Mecklenburg county, in the state of Virginia. ; Now first published together.

Author/creator Munford, Robert
Other author Munford, William, 1775-1825 editor.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPetersburg [Va.] : Printed by William Prentis, M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798]
Descriptionxii, 1 unnumbered page, 14-168, 187-206 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 34158. ^A478749
Contents The candidates; or The humours of a Virginia election. A comedy, in three acts -- The patriots. A comedy, in five acts -- the first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated -- Miscellaneous poems. Consisting of The ram: a comic poem. Letters from the Devil to his son. Answer to the winter-piece. Colin and Celia: a pastoral poem. A dream. And A patriotic song.
General notePreface signed by the author's son, William Munford.
General noteEdwin Wolf notes completely reset variants of gatherings C and N. Cf. Wolf, "Historical grist for the bibliographical mill." Studies in bibliography 25 (1972): 30.
General noteError in paging: page numbers 169-186 omitted.
References Evans 34158
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 278
References Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 193
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Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34158).
Genre/formPlays 1798.
Genre/formPoems 1798.

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