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Author Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
Title The works of James Thomson : With his last corrections and improvements : To which is prefixed, an account of his life and writings.
Publication Info. Dublin : Printed by John Exshaw, in Dame-street, M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]
Location Call No. Status
 Rare Books Medium  Z-M T4836 W92657  v. 1    IN LIBRARY
 Rare Books Medium  Z-M T4836 W92657  v. 2    IN LIBRARY
Description 2 v. : ill., port. ; 17 cm. (12⁰)
Note "In two volumes".
Divisional titles with ornamental borders; head- and tail-pieces. Each part of the The Seasons has a divisional title and an illustration.
Erratum at foot of p. 449, v. 1.
Some plates signed Ridge Sc.; illustrations for Seasons signed: I. Ridge Sculp.
Cast lists preceding each play.
Prologue to Coriolanus written by George Lyttleton.
NYSL set pagination, v. 1: [4], xxxiv, 449, [1] (last p. blank), [7] leaves of plates; v. 2: [13], 14-408 p.
Printer's error at end of v. 1: The end of volume second.
Indexed In: ESTC T137443
Note Library's ex-libris by P.R. Maverick on front paste-down; No. 2529 in MA, black ink at upper left; the Notice by Trustees on back paste-down, v. 2 only; v. 1 rebound. Printing error noted in MS, black ink at foot of p. 449, v. 1. Corrections and annotations throughout. Listed in 1789 catalogue, p. 71, 12⁰; in 1793 catalogue, p. 79, No. 2528, and in the First Ledger as Thompson's [sic] works. ZNS
Subject Thomson, James, 1700-1748 -- Early works to 1800.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748 -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Seasons -- History and criticism.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Seasons -- Illustrations -- 18th century.
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307 -- Drama -- Early works to 1800.
Poets, English -- 18th century.
English poetry -- 18th century.
Genre or Form Engravings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Woodcuts -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Tail-pieces (Printing) -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Type ornaments (Printing) -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Poems -- England -- 18th century.
Poems -- Ireland -- 18th century7.
Tragedies -- England -- 18th century.
Tragedies -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Drama -- England -- 18th century.
Drama -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Composition errors (Printing) -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century. ZNS
Added Author De-La-Cour, James, 1709-ca. 1785. To Mr. Thomson on his Seasons.
Collins, William, 1721-1759. Ode on the death of Mr. Thomson.
Collins, William, 1721-1759. Ode occasion'd by the death of Mr. Thomson.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Seasons. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Spring. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Summer. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Autumn. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Winter. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Agamemnon. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Sophonisba. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Edward and Eleonora. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Tancred and Sigismunda. 1767.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Coriolanus, a trgedy. 1767.
Exshaw, John, d. 1776, printer.
Ridge, engraver.
Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730, performer.
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766, performer.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, performer.
Havard, Mr. (William), 1710?-1778, performer.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, performer.
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773. Prologue to Coriolanus.
Maverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver. ZNS
New York Society Library. Catalog. 1789. ZNS
New York Society Library. Catalog. 1793. ZNS
New York Society Library. Trustees. Notice. ZNS
New York Society Library. Bookplates. 1789. No. 2. ZNS
New York Society Library. Charging ledger. 1789-1792. ZNS
City Readers: Digital Historic Collections (New York Society Library)
Caption Title Account of his life and writings of Mr. James Thomson
Added Title Life and writings of James Thomson.
Ode on the death of Mr. Thomson.
Poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton.