POETRY. – Joseph SPENCE Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. London: for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. Second edition, folio (423 x 253mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, including 4 folding or double-paged, 14 engraved illustrations in the text, 9pp. ‘General Index’ to rear. (Offsetting to title, crease to initial blank.) Contemporary calf, later red morocco lettering piece to the spine (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Robert Grimston (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
POETRY. – Joseph SPENCE Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. London: for R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. Second edition, folio (423 x 253mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, including 4 folding or double-paged, 14 engraved illustrations in the text, 9pp. ‘General Index’ to rear. (Offsetting to title, crease to initial blank.) Contemporary calf, later red morocco lettering piece to the spine (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Robert Grimston (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
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