The works of Edmund Waller, esq : in verse and prose.
Edmund Waller, Henry J. B. Clements (Donor), Somerset Draper (Bookseller), Elijah Fenton (Editor), R. E. Gathorne-Hardy (Former owner), Margaret Cavendish Harley, Isabella Powlett (Former owner), Michael Rysbrack, George Vertue (Engraver), J. and R. Tonson (Bookseller), National Art Library (Great Britain). Dyce Collection
Print Book, English, 1744
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, London, 1744
Bindings
[16], 295, [1], clxviii pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (engr.) ; 18 cm
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Copy [A] donated by Henry J.B. Clements
Copy [B] donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce
Page cxvii is mismumbered cxvi
The four engraved leaves of plates comprise, a frontispiece portrait of the author, an illustration of a bust by John Michael Rysbrack of the dedicatee, an illustration of the author's monument, and a folding plate showing contemporary struck medals. The last is signed by the engraver, George Vertue
Originally published by Jacob Tonson (I) in 1729