The contest: being poetical essays on the Queen's grotto: wrote in consequence of an invitation in the Gentlemen's Magazine for April, 1733 Wherein was Proposed, That the author of the Best Piece be Entitled to a Volume for that Year, Royal Paper, and finely bound in Morocco; and the Author of the Second Best, to a Volume Common Paper. To These are added, The gift of Pallas, and the lover's webb, Two poems on the Fine Piece of Linen made in Ireland, and presented by the Trustees of the Linen Manufacture to the Princess Royal. Also An Epithalamivm On the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Orange.

People / Organizations

• Anne Dodd I ("sold by")

Imprint

London: printed at St. John's Gate, and sold by A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; and at the pamphlet-shops, [1734]

Publication year

1734-1734

ESTC No.

T34011

Grub Street ID

264428

Description

4,36p. ; 8⁰

Note

'The gift of Pallas' is by Charles Carthy, 'The lover's web' by William Dunkin, and the epithalamium by J. Duick.

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.