1762-65 John PHILIPS Ambrose Philips POEMS Milton odes

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1762-65 John PHILIPS Ambrose Philips POEMS Milton odes:
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Poems Attempted in the Style of Milton

By Mr. John Philips

1762 - London - J. and R. Tonson

6.5\" by 4\", 176pp.

Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and other Original Poems

ByAmbrose Philips Esq.

Illustrated

1765 - London - J. and R. Tonson

6.5\" by 4\", 174pp.

Bound in One Volume.

DETAILS

Bound in full leather, with decorative marble endpapers.

John Philips\' poem, Splendid Shilling was described by Joseph Addison as \"the finest burlesque poem in the English language.\" It was written in blank verse in the style of Milton. A number of his other imitations are included in this collection, most notably Cyder, which was animitation of Vergil\'sGeorgics.

Ambrose Philips was in his dayan establishedpoet of pasotals and odes. A stuanch whig he was friends with Addison and Steele and a regular at Button\'s coffee house. He had a vitriolic on-going war with Alexander Pope and the two seemed to have spent much time lampooning each other.

CONDITION

The binding is tight and firm although the hinges are starting to strain and the cords are visible in one place. There is some wear to the extremities, including marks to the boards and bumping to the corners. The spine is cracking with some loss, and the title label is partially missing. Internally,the pages arebright and clean with only the veryoccasional brown spot or handling mark. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown. Overall, apart from the wear to the spine, this volume isin very good condition.

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