The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed, two dissertations. I. On the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. II. On the Introduction of Learning into England. Volume the First. By Thomas Warton, B. D. Fellow of Trinity College Oxford, and of the Society of Antiquaries.

People / Organizations

• Thomas Warton (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for, and sold by J. Dodsley, Pall Mall; J. Walter, Charing Cross; T. Becket, Strand; J. Robson, New Bond-Street; G. Robinson, and J. Bew, Pater-Noster-Row; and Messrs. Fletcher, at Oxford, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774-1774

ESTC No.

T145505

Grub Street ID

192243

Description

4v. ; 4⁰

Note

Vol.1 is dated 1774, vol.2 1778 and vol.3 1781.

Vol.4 comprises pp.[1]-88 only.

An index to the first three volumes, 'An index to The history of English poetry', was published in 1806.

Uncontrolled note

NC