Elegant extracts : A copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent poets. : Volume I[-VI].

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Publication InfoNew-York : Published by Kirk & Mercein, 22, Wall-Street, 1817[-1818]
Description6 volumes : illustrations ; 15 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition

Other author/creatorKnox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821.
Other author/creatorCook, Richard, 1784-1857, illustrator.
Other author/creatorStothard, Thomas, 1755-1834 illustrator.
Other author/creatorWestall, William, 1781-1850, illustrator.
Other author/creatorWestall, Richard, 1765-1836 illustrator.
Other author/creatorCorbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844, illustrator.
Other author/creatorBrooke, William Henry, 1772-1860, illustrator.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 41210. ^A575643
Contents V. I. Book I. II. Devotional and moral -- V. II. Book III. IV. Didactic (including fables,) descriptive, narrative, and pastoral -- V. III. Book V. VI. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes.--Elegiac and funeral: including monodies and epitaphs -- V. IV. Book VII. VIII. Dramatic -- V. V. Book IX. X. Ballads, songs, and sonnets, and satirical and humorous pieces -- V. VI. Book XI. XII. Consisting of larger poems.
General noteCompiled by Vicesimus Knox.
General noteEach volume comprises two books; each book has an engraved title page. Engraved title pages have illustrations by Richard Cook, T. Stothard, W. Westall, R. Westall, H. Corbould, and W.H. Brooke.
General note"T. & W. Mercein, printers, no. 93 Gold-Street, New-York."--versos of title pages, v. 1-3.
General note"William A. Mercein, printer, no 93 Gold-Street, New-York."--versos of title pages, v. 4-6.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 41210
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Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41210).
Genre/formPoems 1817.

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