Poems and plays by Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. to which is prefixed the life of the author.

People / Organizations

• Oliver Goldsmith (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for B. Newbery and T. Johnson, 1780.

Publication year

1780-1780

ESTC No.

T146789

Grub Street ID

193401

Description

[2],x,235,[7]p.,plates : port. ; 12⁰

Note

The publisher's names are fictitious.

The titlepage is engraved.

The last 6-pages the epilogues to a play and a contents list.

It is stated on the verso of the final leaf that: "This edition contains several additions and corrections never before printed; being the only perfect one ever published of this celebrated author's poems." - the divisional title to 'She stoops to conquer' the date of the first printing is given as 1772 instead of 1773.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Roscoe