Science. A poem. By Francis Hopkinson. [Two lines in Latin from Horace]

People / Organizations

• Francis Hopkinson (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed, and sold by Andrew Steuart, at the Bible-in-Heart, in Second-Street, MDCCLXII. Price single three old pennies, --one shilling per [..] [1762]

Publication year

1762-1762

ESTC No.

W1133

Grub Street ID

320520

Description

8p. ; 8⁰

Note

In a published statement, Hopkinson asserted this edition to be a piracy, and hoped the public would realize the poem's errors were the fault of the printer. Cf. Hastings, G.E. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, 1926, p. 85.

Uncontrolled note

COMPLETE TITLE-PAGE TRANSCRIPTION. PPL COPY MUTILATED AT FOOT OF TP