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[Poetry]. Two volumes of poetry pamphlets, 18th century, comprising: 1. Swift (Theophilus). The Temple of Folly, in Four Cantos, 1st edition, London: for J. Johnson 1787, half-title, engraved frontispiece (damp-stained and offset), ESTC T49932 (ten copies world-wide), 2. ibid., Poetical Address to His Majesty: occasioned by the Late Royal Visit to Worcester; at the Meeting of the Three Choirs, held August the 6th, 1788, 1st edition, Worcester: John Holl 1787, half-title, ESTC N40261 (two copies world-wide: British Library and University of Illinois), 3. Shaw (Cuthbert). Monody to the Memory of a Young Lady who died in Child-bed ... Third Edition, corrected, London: for J. Dodsley [and others], 1770, title-page browned and stained, ESTC T41389 (five copies in UK libraries), 4. [Combe, William]. The Diabo-Lady: or, a Match in Hell. A Poem dedicated to the Worst Woman in His Majesty's Dominions, London: Fielding and Walker, 1777, half-title discarded, closed transverse tear in inner margins extending into text to no loss, contemporary annotations naming characters' real identities, ESTC T31773, 5. ibid. The Diaboliad. A Poe. Part the Second, London: for J. Bew, 1778, lacking half-title, final text-leaf and advertisement leaf, staining, ESTC T112377, 5 works in 1 volume, contemporary half calf, worn, 4to (26.6 x 20.5 cm), and 1. [Jodrell, Richard Paul]. The Female Patriot: an Epistle from C[a]t[herin]e M[a]c[aulay] to the Reverend Dr. W[a]l[to]n on her Late Marriage, 1st edition, London: John Bew, 1779, half-title discarded, title-page loose, final leaf nicked and marked, ESTC T98506 (three UK copies) 2. Sargent (John). The Mine: a Dramatic Poem, 1st edition, London: for T. Cadell, 1785, half-title, light spotting, ESTC T2392, 3. [Lee, Sophia]. A Hermit's Tale: recorded by his own Hand, 2nd edition, London: for T. Cadell, 1787, half-title discarded, toning, staining, ESTC T85992 (four copies world-wide) 4. More (Hannah). Florio: a Tale for Fine Gentlemen and Fine Ladies: and, The Bas Bleu; or, Conversation. Two Poems, 2nd edition, London: for T. Cadell, 1787, half-title discarded, title-page nicked, stained and laid down, marginal loss to upper inner corners of quires K-M, final 2 leaves loose, staining, ESTC T35623 (six UK copies), 5. [Denton, Thomas]. Immortality: or, the Consolation of Human Life. A Monody, 1st edition, London: printed for R. and J. Dodsley, and sold by M[ary] Cooper, 1754, half-title loose, dust-soiling, T37010 (seven UK copies), 5 works in 1 volume, loose in contemporary half calf (very worn), cords split between quires M and N of item 4, 4to (25.8 x 21 cm) (Qty: 2)